The London Gazette account reports three frigates overtaken by Markham's advanced ships, while Emerald captured Salamine and Captain took Alerte. Lord Keith praised Markham's conduct, and Markham's accompanying return listed the French vessels' guns and complements. The dispatch fixes the official chain of reporting from the squadron to the Admiralty. Its terse language establishes the result but omits much of the maneuvering, exhaustion, and disparity in force needed to understand how an entire squadron was lost.
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The official dispatch records five captures
Keith and Markham's dispatches identify the captured French frigates and brigs and assign the British ships that took possession.