Star.
London, England, 1811-12-17 00:00:00


peel thefts this monsoon t I therefnie Itanaeieeci that
as attack on Marrack might draw their forces tr:
*vas that quarter, and nutlet A faviatrahle thy o'sion;
for 'this reason t deterritinetr ni storin it oil Mianday
night as twelve o'clock, which I hope will meet with
jolt!. approbation. Having hia&i beefy necessary
afrangement (infant the day, I PlaCtd the ho its _at
sun Mt behind a point, which Sheltered them tram the
view of the enemy's sentinels. At half past twelve,
the moon singing in the horizon, We proceeded to thd
attack, and were challehged by the sentinels. On
opening the p.int, at this iettant, a Wiley dl mos;
ketry, from the enemy, pritiuded all hope of sur-
prising them ; I thi.refilie ian the boats agidiind, in
a heavy surf, under the enforastaret cf tile lciwer tier,
of guns, and placed the liddars en 'heat. hich were
mounted with that lAravery inherent tit British! yea own,
whilst a few men, plan d f the purpose, killed three
of the enemy in the act if putting t.Les td their
Runs ; a few minutes put us in posse:shin &the lower
battery, when I formed he men and stormed :he
upper one; bn reaching the summit bi lie hill, we
perceived the garrison dr.esvn up to receive us ; they
sustained our fire! bat Srd from the charge, on my
calling to them, that we, had four hundred men, and
would give no quarter ; at 0114 the other battery, and
two gun boats, opened their fire oil us, which we re-
turned with ii few tuns, whist tie remainder of the
men were emplord in disabling the tins in our pos-
session, and eiery other part of ate battery which it
was practicable to destr..y. which we had coMpleted
by dawn of day, when I judged it prudent td embark.
On reaching the boats, f had the luortilication to
find the launch And beat up se high with the
surf, as to 'rave no prospect of getting her afloat, I
therefore felt it a duty incumbent on me to embark
all the men idthe cutters the sun was now rising,
and I humbly. flatter myself, the momentary gratin-
cation tl e enemy might have felt by our le tving the
I launch, must have vanished, when they beheld a small
boat bearing away their colours, a public and uncles
viable testimony of the few men that attacked them, ,
Iwhich amounted to 35, including officers.
Having detailed the particitlars of this little enter-
prise, I beg tb point out, in the strongest terms, the
conspicuous gallantry of Mr. William Langton, mid-
shipman, who received a slight wound from a Lays.
net ; and Mr. Charles Henry Franks, midshipmanaa
young man of only It years of age, who volunteered
to hoist the British flag, a service he performed Most
gallantly, under a heavy fire.
I hope the above detail will be considered a suA-
cient panegyric on the bravery of the seamen cm-
ployed ; and have heartfelt satisfaction in adding, we
had only four men slightly wounded. I imagine the
loss of the enemy must have been severe, but only
know of three killed.
Marrack is situated on a promontory, mbniaing 54,
guns, IS, 24, and 82-pounders, and garrisoned at that
tone lof 180 soldiers, and the crews of terogun-boat!.
I have the honour to be, (Cc. •
Etalutto LYONS, .Lieutifnant. •
TiCsetaki IL Wakens