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Plan Of The Action Between The English And Dutch Fleets,
At noon , the Monarch passed through and engaged the Dutch Vice-Admiral to leeward , yard arm and yard arm , giving her starboard broadside , at the same time , to her second astern , and sinking the Daphne Dutch briglioort after . At half past i P . M . the Dutch Vice-Admiral struck . His ship was immediately boarded from the Monarch , and the Dutch Admiral carried en board that ship . Immediately after the five rear ships ofthe enemy struck their colours . At 50 minutes past 1 , the Van of both fleets still engaged .
At a , a Dutch shi p on fire in the van . At 50 min . past 2 , the Dutch Admiral De Winter ' s ship dismasted , and her colours down , with several of his centre iu the same situation . At 5 min . past 3 , the signal was made from the Venerable for the British ships to close round the Admiral . At 20 mill , past 3 , to prepare for battle . At 21 min . past 3 , the signal to wear , the sternmost ships first . At 37 min . past 4 , the Ardent made the signal of distress , and in want of immediate assistance . At 40 min . past 4 , the
Lancaster ' s signal was made to assist the ships in distress . The aflion ceased in the rear at half past 1 , and was completely over in the centre and van at 5 min . past 3 . Several of the enemy ' s van and centre made oft" early in the action . The Dutch threw many stink-pots upon the decks of our ships , by which many of our people were killed and wounded . Admiral Duncan ' s approaches to the Dutch fleet , by bearing down
in line abreast , were something similar to Earl Howe's towards the French , on the memorable first of June ; but the Dutch seem to have received our fleet with more determination than the French did , as they reserved their fire until our ships closed with theirs . To detail the acts of heroism achieved by those ships which were
more particularly engaged with the enemy would exceed the limits which we must prescribe to this article . Never did two ships , bearing the flags of British Admirals , better vindicate the naval preeminence of Great Britain , than the Venerable and Monarch , and to each were the flags of two Batavian Admirals obliged to strike . On board of both of these ships execution was done with p istols . Perhaps we shall be excused for relating one circumstance
respecting the Monarch , which has never yet been made public , and than \ vhich nothing can more strongl y mark the invincible courage and coolness of British officers and seamen . When in closest action with the Dutch Vice-Admiral , a shot broke down the Monarch's wheel—Her rudder being thus rendered unmanagable , until the proper tackles could be applied , that shi p's bow fell round off , and brought her
stern on to her antagonist ' s broadside , during which she sustained a . heavy and most galling fire . The resolution with which this was supported was eminentl y conspicuous , and may perhaps have been equalled , but was certainl y never surpassed . Her greatest carnage happened on this occasion , as in the short space of ten minutes near sixty . men were carried down to the cock pit , wounded .
The Monarch went into action 60 men short of her complement , while her opponent , the Jupiter , was only ten men short . The latter mounted much heavier metal , carrying 42 pounders on her lowerdeck . The superiority of metal on board all the Dutch ships was in the same proportion , VOL . ix , ss
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Plan Of The Action Between The English And Dutch Fleets,
At noon , the Monarch passed through and engaged the Dutch Vice-Admiral to leeward , yard arm and yard arm , giving her starboard broadside , at the same time , to her second astern , and sinking the Daphne Dutch briglioort after . At half past i P . M . the Dutch Vice-Admiral struck . His ship was immediately boarded from the Monarch , and the Dutch Admiral carried en board that ship . Immediately after the five rear ships ofthe enemy struck their colours . At 50 minutes past 1 , the Van of both fleets still engaged .
At a , a Dutch shi p on fire in the van . At 50 min . past 2 , the Dutch Admiral De Winter ' s ship dismasted , and her colours down , with several of his centre iu the same situation . At 5 min . past 3 , the signal was made from the Venerable for the British ships to close round the Admiral . At 20 mill , past 3 , to prepare for battle . At 21 min . past 3 , the signal to wear , the sternmost ships first . At 37 min . past 4 , the Ardent made the signal of distress , and in want of immediate assistance . At 40 min . past 4 , the
Lancaster ' s signal was made to assist the ships in distress . The aflion ceased in the rear at half past 1 , and was completely over in the centre and van at 5 min . past 3 . Several of the enemy ' s van and centre made oft" early in the action . The Dutch threw many stink-pots upon the decks of our ships , by which many of our people were killed and wounded . Admiral Duncan ' s approaches to the Dutch fleet , by bearing down
in line abreast , were something similar to Earl Howe's towards the French , on the memorable first of June ; but the Dutch seem to have received our fleet with more determination than the French did , as they reserved their fire until our ships closed with theirs . To detail the acts of heroism achieved by those ships which were
more particularly engaged with the enemy would exceed the limits which we must prescribe to this article . Never did two ships , bearing the flags of British Admirals , better vindicate the naval preeminence of Great Britain , than the Venerable and Monarch , and to each were the flags of two Batavian Admirals obliged to strike . On board of both of these ships execution was done with p istols . Perhaps we shall be excused for relating one circumstance
respecting the Monarch , which has never yet been made public , and than \ vhich nothing can more strongl y mark the invincible courage and coolness of British officers and seamen . When in closest action with the Dutch Vice-Admiral , a shot broke down the Monarch's wheel—Her rudder being thus rendered unmanagable , until the proper tackles could be applied , that shi p's bow fell round off , and brought her
stern on to her antagonist ' s broadside , during which she sustained a . heavy and most galling fire . The resolution with which this was supported was eminentl y conspicuous , and may perhaps have been equalled , but was certainl y never surpassed . Her greatest carnage happened on this occasion , as in the short space of ten minutes near sixty . men were carried down to the cock pit , wounded .
The Monarch went into action 60 men short of her complement , while her opponent , the Jupiter , was only ten men short . The latter mounted much heavier metal , carrying 42 pounders on her lowerdeck . The superiority of metal on board all the Dutch ships was in the same proportion , VOL . ix , ss