NAVAL ACTIONS AT LISSA	131
March 12th, 1811, and by the 13th he was off Lissa. The engagement took place two miles off the harbour, in the sheet of water lying between it and the Spalmadori islets off the shores of Lesina. The issue was a complete victory for the British. The French commander and his captain were blown up in the flagship Favorite; Bellona and two other vessels were captured. The total loss of the French and their allies was in the neighbourhood of 2000 men and officers; the British loss between killed and wounded was 450, including many officers, among them Commander the Hon. Charles Anson. The dead were buried in what is known as “ the English cemetery ”, just outside the Kut quarter of the town of Lissa, and their number was increased by the bodies of the twelve British seamen who had lost their lives in the action between the French man-of-war Rivoli and the British. Victory off the Lido shore at Venice. The cemetery was surrounded by a well-built, solid 'vail, but in course of time this has fallen into decay and almost disappeared. The Government °f the Triune kingdom has, however, consented the re-establishment of the office of British Consular Agent at Lissa, acting under the British Consul - General at Trieste, with custody of the