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Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
THE Leander , Capt . Thompson j having on Board the gallant Capt . Berry , with dispatches from Lord Nelson , fell in , on the iSth of Aug . at day .. break , near Goza , with an enemy ' s ship of the line standing towards her . The ships continued nearing each other until half past ten , keeping up a constant and heavy firing . At this time , says Cant . Thompson , 1 perceived the enemy intended to run us on hoard , and the Leander being very much cut up in her rigging sails and yards , I was unable , with the lig ht airs that
blew , to prevent it . He ran us on board on the larboard bow , and continued alongside us for some time ; a most spirited and well directed fife , however , from our small party of marines ( commanded by the serjeant ) from the poop arid quarter-deck , prevented the enemy from taking advantage of his good fortune , and he was repulsed in all his efforts to make an impression on us . The firing from the great guns was all this time kept up with the same vigour , and a light breeze giving the shi-is way , I was enabled to steer clear of the enemy , and soon afterwards had the satisfaction to luff" under her stern , and
passing him within ten yarns , distinctl y discharged every gun from the Leander into him . From henceforward there was nothing but a continued series of heavy firing within pistol-shot , without any wind , and the sea as smooth as glass , until half past three in the afternoon . At this time , the enemy having passed our bows with alight breeze , and brought himself on our starboard side , we found that our guns on that side were nearly all disabled by the wreck of our own sp ^ rs that had all fallen on this side . This produced a cessation of our fire , and the enemy took this time to ask us , if
we had surrendered ? The Leander being now totally ungovernable , not having a thing standing but the shattered remains of " the fore and main masts and the bowsprit , her hull cut to pieces , and the decks full of killed and wounded , we replied in the affirmative . The action continued six hours and a half . The enemy proved to be the Genereux , of 74- guns , commanded by M . Lejoille , Chef de Division , who had escaped from the action of the 1 st of Augustand , being the rearmost of the French linehad received little or no
, , share of it , having on board 900 men , about 100 of whom we-fotind had been killed in the present contest , and 18 S wounded . There were killed in the Leander 3 officers , 24 . seamen , 1 serjeant , and 7 marines;—wounded , 7 officers , ( Capt . Thompson badly ) 4 . 1 seamen , and 0 marines .
. Captain Samuel Hood , of the Zealous , communicates the following intelligence , dated off Alexandria , on the 19 th of September last : On the 2 d instant , his Majesty ' s shi p Seahorse and Emerald , chased on shore , where she anchored near the town of the Arabs , the French gun boat ( Aviso ) L'Anemone , commanded by Ensigne de Vaisseau Garbqn , of four guns and sixty-two men , having on board General Camin and Citoven Vale tte , Aid-de-camp to General Buonaparte , with dispatches from Toulon .
On the approach of ' the boats of our ship she fired on them , cut her cable , and ran in shore , into the breakers . General Camin and Aid-de-camp Valette , having landed with the dispatches , and whole of the crew , were immediatel y attacked by the Arabs . The two former and some others making resistance , were killed , and all the rest striped of their clothes . Her commander and a few of the men , about seven , made their escape naked to the beachwhere our boats had bthis time arrivedand begged on their knees
, y , to be saved . I am happy in saying the humanity of our people extended so far as to swim on shore with lines and small casks to save them , which they fortunatel y effected . Amongst these was particularly distinguished a young gentleman , midshipman of-the Emerald , who brought off the commander Garbon at the hazard of his own life , through the surf .
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Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
THE Leander , Capt . Thompson j having on Board the gallant Capt . Berry , with dispatches from Lord Nelson , fell in , on the iSth of Aug . at day .. break , near Goza , with an enemy ' s ship of the line standing towards her . The ships continued nearing each other until half past ten , keeping up a constant and heavy firing . At this time , says Cant . Thompson , 1 perceived the enemy intended to run us on hoard , and the Leander being very much cut up in her rigging sails and yards , I was unable , with the lig ht airs that
blew , to prevent it . He ran us on board on the larboard bow , and continued alongside us for some time ; a most spirited and well directed fife , however , from our small party of marines ( commanded by the serjeant ) from the poop arid quarter-deck , prevented the enemy from taking advantage of his good fortune , and he was repulsed in all his efforts to make an impression on us . The firing from the great guns was all this time kept up with the same vigour , and a light breeze giving the shi-is way , I was enabled to steer clear of the enemy , and soon afterwards had the satisfaction to luff" under her stern , and
passing him within ten yarns , distinctl y discharged every gun from the Leander into him . From henceforward there was nothing but a continued series of heavy firing within pistol-shot , without any wind , and the sea as smooth as glass , until half past three in the afternoon . At this time , the enemy having passed our bows with alight breeze , and brought himself on our starboard side , we found that our guns on that side were nearly all disabled by the wreck of our own sp ^ rs that had all fallen on this side . This produced a cessation of our fire , and the enemy took this time to ask us , if
we had surrendered ? The Leander being now totally ungovernable , not having a thing standing but the shattered remains of " the fore and main masts and the bowsprit , her hull cut to pieces , and the decks full of killed and wounded , we replied in the affirmative . The action continued six hours and a half . The enemy proved to be the Genereux , of 74- guns , commanded by M . Lejoille , Chef de Division , who had escaped from the action of the 1 st of Augustand , being the rearmost of the French linehad received little or no
, , share of it , having on board 900 men , about 100 of whom we-fotind had been killed in the present contest , and 18 S wounded . There were killed in the Leander 3 officers , 24 . seamen , 1 serjeant , and 7 marines;—wounded , 7 officers , ( Capt . Thompson badly ) 4 . 1 seamen , and 0 marines .
. Captain Samuel Hood , of the Zealous , communicates the following intelligence , dated off Alexandria , on the 19 th of September last : On the 2 d instant , his Majesty ' s shi p Seahorse and Emerald , chased on shore , where she anchored near the town of the Arabs , the French gun boat ( Aviso ) L'Anemone , commanded by Ensigne de Vaisseau Garbqn , of four guns and sixty-two men , having on board General Camin and Citoven Vale tte , Aid-de-camp to General Buonaparte , with dispatches from Toulon .
On the approach of ' the boats of our ship she fired on them , cut her cable , and ran in shore , into the breakers . General Camin and Aid-de-camp Valette , having landed with the dispatches , and whole of the crew , were immediatel y attacked by the Arabs . The two former and some others making resistance , were killed , and all the rest striped of their clothes . Her commander and a few of the men , about seven , made their escape naked to the beachwhere our boats had bthis time arrivedand begged on their knees
, y , to be saved . I am happy in saying the humanity of our people extended so far as to swim on shore with lines and small casks to save them , which they fortunatel y effected . Amongst these was particularly distinguished a young gentleman , midshipman of-the Emerald , who brought off the commander Garbon at the hazard of his own life , through the surf .