Memoirs And Correspondence of Admiral Lord De Saumarez. From Original Papers in Possession of the Family 2
Memoirs And Correspondence of Admiral Lord De Saumarez. From Original Papers in Possession of the Family 2
Ross John Sir
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The Briseis was sent with the Admiral's last despatches to Lord Cathcart, and Captain Ross ^ad the honour of returning with the important intelligence of the re-capture of Moscow, the de- feat of Murat, and that the French were in full retreat. The Russian fleet had, however, sailed from Cronstadt and Sweaborg, and it was now too late to stop them : the accounts reached Lon- don on the 8th of November, and it was a satis- faction to Sir James that he had retained the com- mand until the overthr...ow of the invading army. LORD D£ SAUIdAKEZ. 293, Mr. Saumarez went home in the Aquilon, but the Admiral remained in the Pyramus at Gothen- burg until the 5th of November, at which time he had delivered the various papers and instruc- tions to Rear-admiral Hope necessary in giving up the command to that officer. BefOTe leaving Sweden he was waited on by Saron Essen, aid-de-camp to the Crown Prince, who presented him with a splendid sword, the hilt of which was set in diamonds, and said to be worth 2000/., as a testimony of the high sense his Majesty entertained of the important services he had rendered to Sweden and the good cause.
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