In obedience to your directions to report the proceedings of the Squadron named in the Margin which you did me the honour to place under my Command - I beg leave to inform you that, having by the assistance of that Able Officer Capt[ain] Riou, and the unremitting exertions of Capt[ain] Brisbane, and the Masters of the Amazon and Cruizer in particular, buoyed the Channel of the outer deep, and the position of the Middle Ground, the Squadron passed in safely and Anchored off Draco, the Evening of the first, and that Yesterday Morning, I made the Signal for the Squadron to weigh and to engage the Danish line consisting of Six Sail of the line, 11 floating Batteries mounting from 26, 24 pounders to 18-18 pounders and one Bomb ship, besides Schooner Gun vessels.
These were supported by the Crown Islands, mounting 88 Cannon, and four sail of the Line moored in the Harbour’s Mouth & some Batteries on the Island of Amak.
The Bomb Ship & Schooner Gun Vessels made their escape the other 17 Sail, are sunk, burnt, or
