similar force, and selected by him to land the Baron de Kolli in Quiberon bay, from whence that personage had undertaken to proceed to Valençay, in order to arrange the escape of Ferdinand VII, whose subjects were invoking the aid of Heaven and of England, for the restoration of their then beloved monarch, at whose presence discord, war, and famine, were fondly expected to cease[1].
The Implacable was next ordered to Cadiz, from whence Lieutenant Westphal accompanied his captain in an expedition sent against the French at Moguer, a town on the Huebla, over a branch of which river the Spanish troops commanded by General Lascy, were transported by eleven flat boats under his directions; thereby greatly facilitating the object in view. The result of this enterprise was the expulsion of the enemy from Moguer and the adjacent coast, with considerable loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners. Captain Cockburn, in his official report to Rear-Admiral Sir Richard G. Keats, dated on board the Jasper sloop, Aug. 25, 1810, after detailing the proceedings of the allied forces, says:
“It is now. Sir, a pleasant duty incumbent on me, to assure you, that nothing can exceed the good conduct of the officers and men you have placed under my orders; and I must beg leave particularly to mention to you the unremitted assistance I have received from Captain Daniel of this sloop, and from Lieutenant Westphal, first of the Implacable, who, by his conduct on this service, has added to the many claims he already had to my particular notice and recommendation.”
From this time we find no particular mention of Lieutenant Westphal until the period when Rear-admiral Cockburn, whose fortunes he constantly followed, arrived on the North American station, mid commenced a series of active and important operations in the rivers at the head of the Chesapeake bay The first service performed is thus described by the Rear-Admiral, in an official letter to Sir John B. Warren, commander-in-chief, dated on board the Fantome sloop, in the Elk River, April 29, 1813:–
- ↑ Brenton, Vol. IV. p. 422.
