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 APPENDIX. 409 culminated had been despatched by the great Minister whilst still in power. Note 13. — Expeditions undertal-en by England in the seventeen years from February 1793 to close o/1809.* 1793-94. Holland. Duke of York. Reinforced by Sir Charles Grey with West Indian large annament. ,, Toulon. Hood. ,, French coast. Moira. (Vendeans.) ,, Corsica. Fortress of Bastia. (3000 men.) ,, V/est Indian Islands — viz., Tobago, Martinique, St Domingo forts, Santa Lucia, Guadaloupe. Jarvis and Grey. 1795. Quiberon Bay. (Emirjris.) „ Cape of Good Hope. Lord Keith. 1796. Leghorn. Afterwards taken by French, who sent ex- pedition against Bastia (Corsica). English gan-ison in Bastia withdrew to Porto Ferraio (Elba), of which island the English had taken possession when Leghorn was seized by the French. ,, West Indies — viz., Granada, Santa Lucia, Essequibo, Demerara. ,, East Indies — Ceylon, Malaccas, Cochin, Trincomalee Amboyna, and Banda. 1797. Teneriffe. ,, Trinidad. Abercromby. 1798. Minorca. General Stewart. ,, Ostend. Capitulation of Coote. ,, (This the year of Nelson at Aboukir ]3ay and Ijattle of the Nile, but no land forces sent. ) 1799. Helder. ,, North Holland. Jointly with Russians. ,, Naples. Jointly v. itii Russians and Neapolitans. Sur- iLiider of Fort St Elmo, Capua, Gaeta. ,, Acre. Sidney Smith. Seamen acting (brilliantly) on shore, but no land forces. 1799. { Surinam, Berbice, St Eustache, Demerara. Dutch 1 800. I possessions. 1799. Civita Vecchia, Cornata, Tolfa. Surrender to Trow- bridge and French. Evacuation of Rome. ,, When Trowbridge took possession of Civita Vecchia, ing that the materials on which any complete list should l>e founded are widely scattered, he warns me against the error of making sure that his account is strictly accurate.
 * A friend of miue most kindly drew up this paper for me ; but know-