Paris, 12 September. With sunrise just after the capture of the Trocadero departed 31 August a flotilla of 3 gun chaloupes, 4 bomb galliots and 4 howitzers from Santa Maria to join the squadron cruising for the entrance of the bay of Cadiz. Five hostile [=Spanish] gunboats and 2 mistikes sent from Puntales tried to intercept were forced by this flotilla supported by the fortress Katherina and the gun brig la Lilloise to seek shelter by the guns of Cadiz. Commanding officer of the latter gun brig was lieutenant Lemarant.
