“Lieutenant Shaw’s character stands so high, that his conduct on this occasion is only what it always has been; and such testimony as his to the gallantry of all his companions adds to their merit; and among them I must strongly notice Mr. C. Wyvill, Midshipman, of this ship.
“I was highly pleased at the judicious position Sir John Sinclair, in the Redwing, had taken at day-light to cover the operation. The captures are hardly worthy of consideration, compared to the destruction of this strong post, which was doubly reinforced within these two days. Herewith I have the honor to report the loss on both sides, and prisoners made; the rest of the enemy escaped among the rocks[1]. I am, &c.
(Signed)“G. G. Waldegrave.”
The subsequent demolition of the above mentioned batteries, and the capture of six merchant vessels, with cargoes, by the marines and boats of the Repulse, Volontaire, Undaunted, and Redwing, having been fully noticed at p. 811 et seq. of our first volume, we have only to add, that Captain Waldegrave became a C.B. in 1815, and an Irish peer on the demise of his father, Aug. 20, 1825; about two years previous to which event, he married Esther Caroline, daughter of the late James Puget, of Totteridge, co. Herts, Esq. His only surviving brother is a Commander, R.N.
Agents.– Messrs. Cooke, Halford, and Son.
HON. GEORGE CADOGAN,
A Companion of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath, and Knight of the Austrian Military Order of Maria Theresa.
[Post-Captain of 1807.]
Second son of Charles Sloane, the first Earl Cadogan, by Mary Churchill, grand-daughter of Robert, first Earl of Orford. This officer was born May 5, 1783; made a Lieutenant in 1802 , and advanced to the rank of Commander May 4, 1804.
On the 11th Nov. 1804, Captain Cadogan, then commanding the Cyane sloop of war, on the Leeward Islands station, captured, after a running fight of half an hour, le Buonaparte privateer brig, pierced for 22 guns, mounting 18 long French 8-pounders, with a complement of 150 men. The Cyane, on
- ↑ British – 1 marine killed, 4 men severely wounded. French – 4 killed, 6 wounded, 17 taken prisoner.
