also served under the orders of Sir George R. Collier[1]. His promotion to the rank of commander took place Dec. 6th, 1813.
EDWARD WHYTE, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant on the 2d May, 1804, and commander Dec. 6th, 1813[2].
ROBERT WALKER, Esq.
[Commander.]
Obtained a lieutenant’s commission on the 30th Dec. 1808. He served as second of the Piedmontaise frigate. Captain Charles Foote, at the capture of Banda Neira, and on that occasion was “among the foremost in the escalade[3].” His advancement to the rank of commander took place Dec. 8th, 1813.
CHARLES ANTHONY, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant in 1800; and presented with the Turkish gold medal, for his services during the Egyptian campaign, in 1801. We next find him accompanying Sir James Lucas Yeo to the Canadian Lakes, where he served as first of the Wolfe 23, bearing that officer’s broad pendant, from May, 1813, until his promotion to the rank of commander, Dec. 29th in the same year. On the 8th June, he commanded some gun-boats at the capture of an American post near the head of Lake Ontario, from which the enemy was driven, with the loss of all his camp equipage, provisions, stores, &c. On the 13th and 19th of the same month, he assisted at the capture of two dépôts of provisions, and several small vessels, laden with supplies for the invading army.
- ↑ See Vol. II. Part II. p. 529 et seq.
- ↑ Erratum in James’s Nav. Hist. 2d edit. Vol. VI. p. 97, line 20, for Edward read Nicholas Charles.
- ↑ See Vol. II. Part II. p. 508.
