"At three o'clock in the afternoon the enemy was still to the E.S.E. I directed our course S.E. and varied it at five, to S.E. 74 S. to double Cape St. Vincent; and that every exertion should be made by day and night to repair the ships that were not very considerably damaged, I ordered the line at half-past eleven to close on the starboard tack. On the 16th some of the enemy's cruisers were seen to the S.E. 74 S. which route I followed at seven o'clock in the evening, with light winds at S.W. with hopes to see them again the next day, supposing their destination for Gibraltar. But at ten o'clock in the morning the Concepcion made a signal that the enemy were at anchor on the left side of the coast, and informed me she had seen four large ships in Lagos Bay. Believing that all the enemy's squadron might be likewise there, I ordered the line to form close on the starboard tack, and then despatched the Brigida frigate to reconnoitre; she returned, acquainting me that she had counted the whole force of the enemy at anchor in the bay.

"The squadron remained, close in-shore the whole afternoon, and part of the night, when the wind changing to S.E. I left it under an easy sail.

"No regular account has been received of the killed and wounded, not having obtained the respective returns from the commanders at the time of writing: but it was known that in the Conde-de-Regla a cannon ball at the commencement of the action killed the Xefe de Esquadra, Conde d'Amblemont, and the splinters wounded the commander, Brigadier D. Geronime Bravo, and H.D. Cadlos Sellery.

Soberano

Killed, Captain de Fragata D. Francisco Luis,
Lieutenant Bernardino Antillon, and another
officer, name unknown.
Mexicano

Mortally wounded, and died on the 4th day, her
Commander, Brigadier D. Fernando Herravay
Crurat.
Trinidad


Killed, second Lieutenant D. Herculas Guchi, and
a Midshipman; wounded, Captain of Fragata,
D. Franco Alvarez, two Lieutenants de Fragata,
the Master, and an inferior officer."

"By advices from Brigadier D. Pebra Poneda, late Commander of the San Josef, the following account is likewise received relating to the captured ships:—

San Josef





Killed, second Lieutenant D. Miguel de Doblas.—
Mortally wounded, Xefe de Esquadra, D. Francisco Wenthysen,
who lost both legs ten minutes
after the action commenced, and died the same night;
the Master D. Santiago Campomar.
Slightly wounded, two second Lieutenants,
and 152 seamen killed and wounded.
Salvador



Killed, the Commander, Brigadier Antonio de Tepes,
two Lieutenants, and two other officers.
Wounded, Captain de Fragata D. Manoel Rinz,
and an inferior officer;
200 seamen killed and wounded.
San Nicholas



(boarded by one of the enemy's ships that engaged her.)
Killed, the Commander, Brigadier
D. Tomas Geraldino, two second Lieutenants, one Midshipman.
Wounded, three Lieutenants of Infantry;
120 seamen killed and
wounded.
San Yisidro




Killed, one Lieutenant and an inferior officer.
Wounded, the Commander D. Teadoro Argunato;
his second, D. Telepe Tournelle,
two Lieutenants, and two second Lieutenants;
mortally, one first Lieutenant;
104 seamen killed and wounded.

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