Fo. Slightly browned, creases from old folds, beginning to split at the central fold, stab-holes from a former binding, fore-edges a little brittle and with some splits, but overall in reasonable repair. David Ramsay & Son, Edinburgh, 1804.
A full column and a half contains the entirety of Smith's Despatch to Lord Keith as printed in the London Gazette. Not one of Smith's most notable successes, Keith explains the failure of the British Squadron to detain the enemy's flotilla at Flushing "... notwithstanding the vigorous measures that were used..." on account of "... the numerous disadvantages to which His Majesty's ships were subjected in consequence of the shallowness of the water, and the effect of the enemy's field artillery and their batteries on the shore..."
