Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-12-17

From tie }ame, hlg.. or, 1904.

:" The fcene Of combat commenced the ed.
infant, when the weather became favorable for
our operations, and accordingly at Z o'coc'-
?. NJ. the fiSnal was made. to pr.paIe for bat
tie :; al ) O'Clock we got within gun fhos oftse
batteries ant Gait OF the gun-Lpats and bomb
ketches. They advanced i'll fine a head, led
on BY capt S. Decatur and covered ty the Com
hturio,,, the origs aud f,haoners. The enemy
had y guu-boers moo,ed in Inc in frcne 81
the batteries, alto brig Of 10, and . FEAR. Of
10 guns. TO aid the cover Of their boats. The
moments were anxious as we ADVANCED dis
charge of il,eis from the l,omb-boats induced
the enemy to open their IRE, which was heavy
and inceMant, yet odr brave fellows Advanced
With all poflblc ;n,repidity through ihower q
grape hot-whe,, our gun 5oa,s get wi,bio 20
yards Of the enemy they difchsssed their srear
guns loaded With - pounds oe mukett balls,
this was followed with a volley Of nuisctrJ,
this Obliged five Of the gun boats competing she
enemies right wing to cut their cables aud re-
trea. -our boats then bore up for thqte TO lee
ward. Capr. Decatur boarded and carried tbs
iii boat, Lieut.. Trip boarded and carried the
Ietoi'd. and Lieutenant AMES DECATUR
in the act ofca,ry;ng he third was killed, Capt.
Decatur continued down their Inc. ard carried
The sd, all Of which were fafely brought, q =
The attack continued &c ard half hours, the
Turks we're drivel oot Of fof, Francis, and mutt
have fufrred mueh from, DIR fire ip the town
efny's fire did US 10 little damage was on ac-
count Of It's being 70 badly diretted. The three
gun-bcass taken arc excellent, two Ct them care
~ 26 poun Ter each u brsfs. and the other
an 8 pounler Lieut.. Trip, whp carried the
fecond boat, received eleven iab.c Wounds but
none Of them dangerous. and lie is likely 10 do
well.-On the 5th. We had the rsptared boass
rugged and Mould have returned tc the attack,
but linsli Fres.ch privaeecr finding her birth
too warm IN the borbpu. came odt, BY her we
learned thatthe enemy had gan boat funk. am
other !oN two thirds Of her crew, and ali tl:
reit very much hastefcd, they alto informed
Us, that they were employed an night repairing
sheif damages. The pfarfof1as ii tixir batter
les were torn up and cur nAfortAnale county
men were employed 70 repair thens.
The commodore tent him Uack with the
wounded. And next 4 ~ he returned with > lett
ter frsni the French Conlu, bearing hrong
marks Of pacific difpoiision however, the
commodore determined l., attack thcm next day
to The ~eRward, accordingly on the 7th. at s
A. NJ. the 6gnal was made to advance in two
lines and attack the Batteries, the morning Was
calm and warn,, which prevented our getting in
until p o'clock, when the enemy opened ,ie;r
fire ffo,n their batteries, and in shcit confullion
bred at leafs So guns without baii.-Thc bomb
boafs got Their poiirion at half pan n and an
ehorci; the 'gun-boa,s GOT within Point Blank
range, and in little time tiImounicd iwo guns
ia the weiiern battery. and drove pui the ene-
my a fhsh was thrown into balfcry Franchife,
& BURT. which iilence,! their Ere Tor nearly half
IN hour - At =. NJ. the quister deck of gun
hoat No. 9 blew up, by which event we have to
lament the lots of Lieut.. JaMEs CALDWELL,
Com nlander, and Mr., Dor'cy, a promi.irs
voting officer, and eight Of her crcw.-Mr.
Spence, (whv was fpungpg the .eun) with Ioms
Others, eicapsd nnhurt they had nearly COM
plesrd che bearing Of the gun to Ire When they
found the boat Gnking, aid the brave tur.iving
few gavc three cheers as they went, down, at
which time We Lag two hunlfcd yards from
them and our boats we're immediately diipatcha
ed and picked ihcm up This caufld a fmall
cefation of our fire, bur Il was renewed with
scnge cur brave companions. AT 5 o'clock,
the iisnal ofrecall was mads and the firing ceaf-
ed. ,;l .ss s.sfsA
., We, as in our Other AFFAIR have ruHeras rc-
thing like what might BIC calculated On, ovil'g
to their bad naragemcns, We have loft on Shis
occaion % men and 4 cEcers. and fome won
ded. II is not certain whether No. 9 blew np
BY accident or BY q ret hot l,ct that i WAS
cauIsd BY ihot we have the obiervatioa Of one
Of the men iayed who fays he felt the ihrt hr;kc
her bur before he could communicate the sirA
cun,ltsuce The blew up The trisaie John. Ad-
ans joined this day. Aug. g. vfas i
i s.dagya IS. wrote you long letter, on the
9th, informing you Of our operations on shis
coat. Gnce when. nothing has occurred. The