Captain Cadogan was subsequently sent to the Mediterranean; and after serving for some time with the inshore squadron off Toulon, we find him proceeding up the Adriatic, where he continued co-operating with the Imperialists until the final expulsion of the French troops from the Austrian territory. The following abstract will show how greatly the enemy were annoyed by the officers and men of the Havannah, previous to the surrender of Zara, in 1813:
Jan. 6 – A gun-boat, carrying 1 long 24-pounder and 36 men, boarded and carried under a heavy fire of musketry from the shore; also three merchant vessels taken. Feb. 7 – A battery of 7 guns destroyed; two transports captured; four gun-boats, and nineteen vessels laden with ordnance stores, scuttled and left full of water. Mar. 22. – A large trabacolo, mounting three 9-pounders, taken; and a similar vessel laden with oil, burnt. Mar. 26 – Five armed trabacolos, and five feluccas laden with salt, the guns of which latter vessels had been landed for their protection; and June 27, ten armed vessels laden with oil, captured; and 8 guns in battery on shore destroyed. (N.B. The preceding services were performed by the boats and marines of the Havannah, under the orders of her gallant first Lieutenant[1].) July 18 – One heavy gun-boat and two trabacolos, each of the latter mounting 3 guns, taken; two trabacolos of similar force, one gun-boat, and one armed pinnace, destroyed (by the Havannah and a sloop of war, on the coast of Manfredonia). – Total, 7 gun-boats, 43 other armed vessels and transports, 8 unarmed merchantmen, and several batteries containing 15 guns, captured, sunk, burnt, and demolished.
Captain Cadogan to Rear-Admiral Freemantle.
“Sir,– It is with great satisfaction I have the honor to inform you, that the fortress of Zara has this day capitulated to the combined Austrian and English forces, after sustaining a cannonade of thirteen days from the English batteries,” (commanded by Lieutenant Hamley), “consisting of two 32-pounder carronades, eight 18-pounders, and seven long twelves; as well as two howitzers worked by Austrians.
“As the courier which conveys this information will set out immediately, I shall defer entering into particulars until another opportunity, and confine myself to the general terms granted; which are, that the garrison are to march out with honors of war; to ground their arms on the glacis, and then to be conducted as prisoners of war, until exchanged, to the outposts of the nearest French army. The outwork of the garrison to be occupied- ↑ Captain Cadogan’s official letters will be given under the head of Commander William Hamley.
