by John Marshall

“ Sir,– Having information that the enemy were sending three vessels, loaded with powder, along the coast of Istria, and seeing vessels of the same description within the town of Omago, I stood in there; and when the Eagle and Elizabeth were within gun-shot, I summoned the town, which they refused to receive.
“After firing some time, the Marines of this ship, under Captain Graham and Lieutenant Price, and of the Eagle, under Lieutenant Lloyd, drove the enemy out of the town. They had about 100 soldiers. ”

“ The boats under Lieutenants Roberts, Dennett, Greenaway, and Hotham, destroyed a two gun battery, and brought out four vessels, loaded with wine, that had been scuttled. I am happy to say, that only one man was wounded ”