south-east, while the ships in the offing, as was frequently the case on this coast, had the wind from the south-south-west. The French and Spanish ships composing this fleet were as follows:

Frigates (all French): Corn�lie, Hermione, Hortense, Rhin, Th�mis, Brigs: Argus and Furet.

Scarcely had the Franco-Spanish fleet cleared the harbour than the south-south-west wind, attended by thick weather, began to baffle the ships in their progress. Meanwhile the Euryalus and Sirius kept their stations, watching every manoeuvre. At 8 h. 30 m. A.M. the Agamemnon, with a heavy merchant brig in tow, was unconsciously running into the midst of the enemy's ships; when, at length, after repeated signals, enforced by guns from the Euryalus, the British 64 (but still

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