A Narrative of the Expedition to Algiers; In the Year 1816 Under the Command of Admiral Lord Viscount Exmouth (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1819 Excerpt: ... PART II On the morning after the battle, Wednesday the 28th of August, Admiral Lord Exmouth wrote the following letter to the Dey. (copy) To His Highness the Dey of Algiers. Sib, For your atrocities at Bona, on defenceless Christians, and your unbecoming disregard to the demands I made yesterday, in the name of the Prince Regent of England, the fleet under my orders has given you a signal chastisement, by the total destruction of your navy, storehouses, and arsenal, with half your batteries. As England does not war for the destruction of cities, I am unwilling to visit your personal cruelties upon the inoffensive inhabitants of the country; and I therefore offer you the same terms of peace, which I conveyed to you yesterday, i, n my Sovereign's name: without the acceptance of these terms, you can have no peace with England. If you receive this offer as you ought, you will fire three guns; and I shall consider your not making this signal as a refusal, and I shall renew my operations at my own convenience, I offer you the above terms provided neither the British Consul, nor the officers and men so wickedly seized by you, from the boats of a British ship of war, have met with any cruel treatment, or any of the Christian slaves in your power; and I repeat my demand, that the Consul, and officers and men, may be sent off to me, conformably to ancient treaties. (Signed) EXMOUTH. Queen Charlotte, Algiers Bay, 28th Aug. 1816. After I had translated this letter, his Lordship gave it to me, and ordered me to accompany Lieut. Burgess on shore again, to deliver it, and to wait for an answer as yesterday; and at the same time gave orders to the Bombs to.take their positions, and to be in readiness for renewing the bombardment of the city, in case it should be necessary...