proaches difficult, or I trust it would have been reduced much soon. * * *.
“Right Hon. Lord Nelson, K.B.
&c. &c. &c.”
On this occasion, the loss of the allies amounted to 37 officers and men killed, and 85 wounded. Lord Nelson, in a letter to his commander-in-chief, says, “The very great strength of St. Elmo, and its formidable position, will mark with what fortitude, perseverance, and ability the combined forces must have acted.”
The siege of Capua next ensued, and was crowned with equal success. On the 19th July, a party of Swiss, commanded by Colonel Tschudy, some Neapolitan cavalry under General Acton, two corps of infantry under General Bouchard and Colonel Gams, accompanied by the British and Portuguese seamen and marines, began their march from Naples, and were followed by a body of Russians. During that night and the next day, all the troops, &c. arrived at Caserta, and were employed in reconnoitring the ground and erecting batteries: with their head-quarters at St. Angelo. The enemy’s force, under General Girardon, consisted of about 1200 French infantry, 50 cavalry, 600 Cisalpines, and 200 rebels. On the 25th, the trenches were opened, with one battery within five hundred yards of the glacis. In private letters to Nelson, Troubridge said,
