"Sir,—I have to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of your letter of this date, addressed to Captain Sayer, giving an account of the capture of five, and destruction of one, of the enemy's gun-boats, off the mouth of Indramayo river, in the boats of H.M. sloop Procris, under your command.I cannot too highly applaud the meritorious conduct of yourself, the officers, petty officers, seamen, and soldiers, employed in this gallant attack; and I beg you will express to them the sense I entertain of their zeal and meritorious conduct, so well displayed on this occasion. I shall have great pleasure in laying the same before the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, by the earliest opportunity; and I request you will accept my best thanks for the skill and ability you have so fully evinced, in leading your boats to the attack in person. I am, &c."
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Robert Maunsell (post-captain)
Robert Maunsell (1785/6–1845) was an Anglo-Irish officer in the Royal Navy, rising to the rank of post-captain.
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