Star.
London, England, 1805-07-30 00:00:00

DATED

" Arab, Deal, Tuerday, July 23, des.
" From flying report, and from former accounts
in the Papers, you may imagine us all to be killed,
wounded, or miffing—fa to entertain you, and to
give yon the truth, I mean to defcribe our ha
'Vnurlday's amufement. In the morning, feveral
brigs. &c. under way, I' Immort-rositra made fignal
for fight ; the led us in, engaged, and flood out, the
old routine ; we followed into (even fathoms on the
main, receiving the fire of veffels and batteries from
Vimereus to the Pile Fort, continually a crofs fire.
(N. 13. Al the !mall loggers are goo or mortar
boats.) After firing twenty round', and the enemy
drove dole in, we hauled oat. In the evening a flo-
tilla was perceived coming along from Calais to the
:Nigh Cliffs; the WeaIIGLIR preceded them as gen-
tleman tither to announce their at rival. The Calais
fquadron kept way with them along (bore, firing and
bombarding at fuch a difiance, that when we beat to
quarters firs and faw the enemy's fire, I exclaim-
ed, "Damn the dogs, they are faluting us ;" and
when informed of our miftake, had to (weep half the
boriZon to find our gay and gallant of Rants. We
ever:ling them to fail from Dunkirk, but they had
got well up to Cape Grifnez, and as we could not in
common politenels attack them under their ream, to
the EaR of the Cape, which you know is out of oar
dittria, fo we lay will; fore end Mak; top-fails fhi-
Tering; till the vat; of the enemy's line, confining of
a brig and a fchnnner, were about as far from the
bore ahead of us as we were from the land ; we
then "filled with the wind a-beam, flood in with our
bow, main deck, and forecastle guns playing on
them. Poor MARSHALL, of the Watchful, noo4 in
and headed us : a fltot neatly cut him in two—you
mnfl recoiled him, a man of enormous fiie, walking
about Deal. The Calaiektradron Dow hauled their
wind, leaving them to our attentions, and the fire
really became amufing. Our brigs behaved devilifh
well. Our little crooked legged pilot Rood on the
chock, over the wheel, and took us into fifteen feet
water, aloosfide Cape Ganes; fo that they could not
deprefs their guns fufficiently. At this moment our
royal top gallant Ray fails, &c. were let, and were
loon filled with Shot holes. We kept along fhore
fining np the mud every moment. From our poop
we fired too mufquet cartridges. M-11
fought well, and pretty cool # s (hell burg over us,
and a piece of it, which I now po(fefs, cut away the
Lands ofaTrosteson, the wafter : it went through
into the gun room. Another came on board, cut
away the larboard fide of the maiti top cheek and
block, which latter turned it down on deck ; it fell
on a beam of the deck, after cutting away in its fall
the heel bf one of the b Kona rebounded againß the
fide, And then.againa poor ir re v's the, main top
man's back, which killed him in about two hours
Gamma kited it, but could net lift it, and called
for affiliance, which was immedistdy rendered, and
the then launchtid overboard. I forgot to fay that
nobody touched it, till Maxim, from the break of
the forecaßle, seal ordered. MAXIM. and myfelf
worked the larboard bow gun—a Blot came en the
muzzle in the line the guns bore, cat a piece out,
and flew upwards almoß perpendicular, and fell
along fide; three of the enemy's (hot came on board
and were fent hack ; me came through the Captain's
cabin, jell oat! the port, and wounded 11
ELLIOT, and another. Cairn, the Marine. is
wounded, and Woe coca, who had his belly grazed
by a ball, and I think from his appearance cannot
live. Little Torero had great credit for his aapu.
tation of Too/arson's arm ; it has burled by the
.firfi
intrmion ; a flight lopporztios is only expe.led, near
the ligatures of the arteries. I held the patient, who
the next day walked out of the gun room to fee his
rneffmates, with as much alacrity as you ever jump-
ed up a ladder in your life. Gur people behaved un-
commonly well, cheering every one of the enemy that
ran on (bore, f.r was dilmaßed. When our grape
began to tell, the fight was glorious ; their Ricks were
cracking in all directions, and I did not much like the
fituation I had chofe at the beginning of the job, viz.
allude tbe fpanker boom, which was in the new mid-
fhip crutch that Ton made, and my feet on the taffa-
rel ; from this fitration my mufket was pelting, till I
could hold it no longer, and then the Corporal hand-
ed me up a cold one from the chef!. The grape fell
thick, but I felt it a point of delicacy not to quit for
two or three pounders, what thirty-two round-fhot
could not drive me out of. The Captain fitting on
the fignal Cate, the gunner Banding on the caption ;
the brigs cheering its as we paffed ; the enemy run-
ning on board each other, two or three at a time ;
and then their fplinters flying ; their men jumping
overboard and fwimming on (bore ; four or five of
them thumping on the mcks. The Cosy's°, a beau-
mill brig (loop. kept her gib boom over our taffarel
almoft, and nobly feconded us. The ARCHER and
BRUIZER on our how. At length four of 3z•poundguns
'rmpletely difabled, and our rigging cut up, and'
.ight doting the fcene, the Performers retired under
reiterated thunders of applairfe. The next day we
and the 1/eMORT•LITE 110.. d out to bury our dead—
after the ferviee, the frartrorreetre gave us three
cheers, which we reittrtied : the then gave us one, I
think no bad compliment to the ARAB, and airman
all the Captains came to pay their refpeets to
The Commodore hailed us when we hauled
nut. and thanked Captain withing him joy
of Inch a fine fet of fellows: We were at it from
four to liven in the morning, and E•uni fix to half
pall eight at night, a tolerably decent day's work--
All the ofhrers attended MAIISMALL ; the Band and
Officers of the Guards, Arab and Immortalite, oral
us arm, three a break"

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4b4t nn mole Attacks nt,on the enemy's flutiliaa foal
to made uaaer the baturies.