Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-05-25
H. PARKER.
EXTRACT FROM Id. NELSON'S LETTER.
Elephant, of CoBeabaqsg, AbrI !. l8ot.

EHP5lHiI oT CcPeh11gSlS dpTH s 1901.
SIR--ln obedieuce, to your diretiols 70 re-
port h Proceedu e Of the lquadron nameI in
he mrgin 4 which you UiI me The
honor to pace under my command, heg leave
TO inform YOU that hav'. &, by the aili an. Of
that able Off er Captain Riou, and he un,e
mHted etertions'of Capt. Brilbane, and III Maj
tiers # The Amazon and Cruizer in particular,
buoyed the Cd .nnel of the Outer Dsep, and lhe
poiiuon Of he middle ground, the fquedron
paEed in fatty, and anchored of Draco the
evening Of the TIT /; and that yeaerday morn
ing made tile hgDai for the fqua iron 10 w Oh.
and 10 engage I'll Daniib line, conliang Of Tx
fail Of the hoe, eleven hoatiog batteries, mount
ing from twenty fix ~ Founders, TO eighteen
Is founders, and one bom5-ihiP, be(ides lchoo.
ner gun veh Is.
Thele were Imported by the Grove Ilinds,
mounting eighty eight cannon, ant 4 fail Of The
llre moo ed in the harbour's Mouth, and iome
batr-Tie on the ifand Of Amak ..,
The tomb ibip & fchooner gun vef7els made
their eic pc, the other ieventeen fail are funk
burnt, or taken, being the v hole of the Daoiih
Inc to the Sauthward of the Crown Hands,
after haltle OF -four hours.
From the very intricate navigation III. Belo-
ma and Rufel unfortunately grounded. out al
tAoush NOT 10 the situation aligned hem, vet
70 placed as to be Of great fervice Aqamem.
ron could not weather The lhoal Of the middle,
aud was obliged to anchor but not the fnaIeR
blame can he attached TO Capt. Fam curt it
was an event TO which all the hips were liable.
Ih:te a-i,denis prevented ths eKtention Of our
line ~ The three tnip4 befo mentione5, who
would arr conhde have Gilenced The Gown
llland-, the two outer hips 10 the hlrbour's
month, and prevented the heavy LOT, il The
y. "a &C and Monarch, and which unhappi '
thew he g'llant and good Capt. Rion Ito
whom he'd gwen tie command OF the frigates
and hoops named in the margin, TO a6ia in The
atta,k of the lhips At the harbour's mouthl IN.
der heavy FIRE; the confequenee has been III.
death Of CApt, Rios, and many brave officer
and mcn in the frisatcs an foops.
The bomb, were dire6ed, and took their
tfation abreaf Of rho Elephant, and threw lorne
fhelis into the arfenal.
Captain Rofe, who volunteered bis fervices
to dire9 the gun Lrigs, did every thing that
was Pol1ibie e get them forward, but the cur
rent was too ltrong for th=m forward, but the
current was too ltrong for them to be Of fervice
during the action ; but MOI the lefs merit il due
TO Captain Roie, and, believe, all he officers
and crews Of the gun briggs, for their exertions.
The boats of thofc fhips of the feet who were
not ordered on the attack afforded us every at
filtence, AMI the officers and men who we've
in them merit my warmeR app obation. III
The DeGree took her ftuaton in raking the
Southernmoa Danlh flip Of the line, and per.
formed the greateR fervice.
The action began at five minutes pan 10 !;
the van, led by Capt. George Murray Of the
Edg'r, who fet noble example of irtrepidity,
which was 70 well followed up by every captain,
officer and man in the !quadron.
beg leave to erprcfs how much I feel in.
debted 10 every captain, officer and man, for
their zeal and di(tingui(htd bravery on this &C
cation. The Hon. Col. Stewart dill me the
favor to Be on board the Elephant, and him elf,
with every officer and foldier under his orders.
fhaFed with pledue the tolls and dangers oe
the day. have he honor to re &c.
NELSON. and BRONTE.
+ Elephant, Defaaee. Monarch, Bcllona..- E1ooy.
RhBsh Gl1ge5, GLatton, ifi, Aganer laon, poigbbs.
nus, ArdeHt, Anason D.free Blanche, elry,rr. !,
Hoops Dart, Hryo-y, Crniser aad Hqybg FIR H;st
zrbtyr and otter bom55 DDt57gyr, Sllebur,. R.sia,
ErPI3E0R, Zc6TG, Terror, and PaIeaac.