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Chapter 1- Leaves from the Log -
From There Go the Ships by George Shirley

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he wanted to return to Toulon the boat was ready for him. He was indignant at the deception practised upon him, and described it in no measured terms, but received the cool reply, "Such is the fortune of war."

Whilst we were at dinner orders came for us to convey a fleet of transports, with troops on board, up the straits to Leghorn. Sailed in January. When off Cape La Gotti fell in with Commodore Keith Elphinstone, with the Pompeii, Puissant, and others going to Gibraltar. We arrived at the

 
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island of Corsica, landed troops in St. Fiorenzo Bay, took St. Fiorenzo with one frigate, and burnt another.

Then we cruised about off Toulon, and at other places on the coast - sometimes at Leghorn with the fleet, and at other times cruising with a squadron.

In March 1795, whilst at anchor in Leghorn Roads, we received the intelligence that the French fleet was out, sailed, and fell in with them on the 12th, and had a kind of running fight until the 14th, when it became nearly general, and the two French ships, the La Ira and the Censuar, were taken. During this time and up to 1796 we chased them several times into harbour, not being able to bring them to a general action. In one of the chases the Timoleon, 74, was burnt.

In the beginning of 1796 Sir John Jervis came out from England in the lively frigate, and took command of the fleet. We proceeded to closely blockade Toulon, during which time our ship went into Port Ajazzio to water and repair our rudder,

© Peter Smith 2008