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enemy We are unacquainted with, but it is
supposed to be considerable.
On our side
•we suffered no more than we had to appre
hend from the circumstances o f the ground.
W e must lament thelofs o f 70-80 killed and
Wounded. 1 myself have got a musket-shot
through the left leg , but the wound is not
dangerous.
During this affair, shells were
thrown from our Bomb-vessels and Mortar-
battery upon the english Battery at the Swan-
tnill, and the enemy's fleet, whi ch was re
turned. 4— This Bombardment was con
tinued after.the attack (which ended at se
ven o’clock) both from, the ( itadei and by
our Bomb-ketches, till about one o ’clock,
when the whole train o f the Enem y’s Bomb-
ketches and men of war, were driven irom
the bay o f Charlóttenlund and pursued by
our Gun-vessels, after which time one o f the
Enemy’s Bomb-ketches Were blown up, and
another sunk. The iofs o f our brave seamen
in this honourable fight consisted but of one
man killed and four wounded. — Accounts
had been received from Dragoe (on the
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