heavy fire of grape from all the neighbouring works. In the performance of this service, he was bravely seconded by Lieutenant Style. The following is an extract of the official letter in which Sir Richard G. Keats makes mention of this exploit:–
“The wind having come off the land, and the sea much abated, two landings were effected, by way of diversion, yesterday morning[1], between Rota and Catalina, and between that fort and Santa Maria, with the royal marines, commanded by Captain English, 200 seamen of the squadron, and 80 of the Spanish marine; one division of which was under the direction of Captain Spranger, of the Warrior; the other under Captain Kittoe: at the same time, Catalina was bombarded by the Hound and Thunder bombs; and that fort and the batteries on the east side of the bay were kept in check with much spirit by the gun and mortar-boats, under the respective commands of Captains Hall and Fellowes. One redoubt of 4 guns, near Santa Maria, was stormed by the marines of the Milford, led on by Captain Fottrell; a second, to the south of the Guadaleto, was taken by Captain Fellowes; and the guns of all the sea defences, together with the small fort of Puntilla, from Rota (which the enemy evacuated) to Santa Maria, with the exception of Catalina, were spiked, and the works dismantled.”
In the performance of this highly important service, the British had one gun-boat sunk before Catalina; but their whole loss amounted to only 3 men killed and 13 wounded, 2 of whom mortally.
Although Captain Fellowes was advanced to post rank on the 4th Mar. 1811, he did not quit Cadiz until June following, at which period he was succeeded by Captain William Fairbrother Carroll: from the time of Captain Hall’s departure until then, he had been most handsomely and skilfully seconded on every occasion by Captain Frederick Jennings Thomas, whose valuable services we shall soon have to relate. A fuller account of the occurrences at and near Cadiz, during the period that Sir Richard G. Keats commanded the naval force there, will be given under the head of Captain William Henry Smyth.
The subject of this memoir was next appointed, Feb. 1812, to the Fawn, a small post-ship, in which he cruised for some time on the Channel station, and subsequently escorted a
- ↑ Mar. 6, 1811.
