Portland gazette., 1805-05-06

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tive more dita led, ran fhore to avoid nkug the
| mdiadcr immediately rerca ed. We continued running
~ untii &c we're vithin nugetlhot OF the and
Mole batteries wAen brought too and fred Gpw4 da
OF 900 round hot hedes grape and caner ntoshe town
Baihaws cattle and batteries. We hIcnced the cattle
mo taoo: the batteries for fomc tine AT la pxh 6,
the gun Beats being All of iot in hauIcd
o alter having been three qu of hour cole
acton The gun bot fred UP ards of 40 soun4 fAGt,
hehdss grape and caLter with good 4fTeGt A large
In1.iian sajliot fes,< the mole Spanli ihip
which had entersd with amhsiIadur roH the grand
lcga2E received coniidcrAne damage The Tripoine
gsltts and can boats Ton mary aud much
The bafaws canlc and towa have fufcred very mach
as have ,heir and mole batteries CaptA7s Deca-
and Sones dutted their divor Of gun boats with
thci- uiual frnnels and address, and well lupported
by the officers and men attached to taem The oT'ss
aud lchooners were ao well conducted during the acfion
and fired number o fhot the enemy bus heir guns
Sight TO 60 much execution They fufered
6derabiy in their fails aud rigging. The officers and
OF the Contribution behaved well cannot in jpilice TO
capt Chauncey omit noticing the very able aiitance
received from him the quarter deck of the Conttitu
tFoa' during the whole ct the ACTION The dsuAte which
hive Ieftived IS principally above the HULL three
lower hrouds fprng l.ys, top ma back Gays,
t-utlcs chains and Es Of tho main yard fhot away.
Our fails had fcveral ot throus them, and
were btidcs eoniiderab by grape much Of our
running rigging pieces, of our anchor focks
aad arsoXrd cable hot away, and number of grape
Ot fckin3 III different parts of the hull but not
hurt a boat be oDgns to the John Adams, with
matters (Mr Creighton) aud eight men
funk hY unle headed hct from the batteries while
in TOW Of the Nau,iiu, which killed three and badly
wounded oAc who wA Alr Creish on, and the other
four, picked up by Of our boats The only
damage our gun boats tulained in their rggn: and
fails VIII eh couEdera6 with the enemy round
and grape 1hot
Al H. "A, NJ VIC anchored with the fou4dron five
miles N. Z. by u from iripo repaired the damage
rtceiv d il the aCtiUn.
aQth and 3oth preparing The bomb veIcs for lervee !;
fuppiyiag the gun boats with ammunition, &c SIa
veAcl arrived from Malta with proviGons nd Cores
brought 10 news o. Commodore Barron or the rigatcs
We discharged the y>fefs cargo and ordered her
r.
september the ID the bomb veacl, having been re
paired ready for fcrvice Lentenant Reni and Rob
inf1n, relumed command OF them. Lieutenant Morris
af the argus. took command of No and Leuenlnt
Trippc having nearly recovered from his wonnd, reuu
cd The command of No. which he 70 calamity conducted
the I'd utimo Captain CaAuncey, with feveral young
gentlemen and ixty men from the John Adams. voup.
teercd board the Contribution -At P M.
made the iTna weigh kept under fail all night At
p. genera hsual TO prepare for baitie Span
iih DO acre III baaf came IF IripoIi with
baaor Of the praad leigGi5r board, who had been
fent from Conlantinop;e Tripoi to confirm the BaA
hi. tirIc this ceremony takes place in AL the
Barbary resencies every years The captain of this
vciic informed u.s. that fApt ana iEels had made
great havock and deruion in the city add among the
ihipping and thata vat number of people had Been
killed -ao informs thar three of the boats which
funk by hot, he action of the 81 and z8th
| ult had been got up, repaired and htted tor fer
| vice. ~
ad AtaP NJ Tripo bore s. S. W two and
| half miles siisn, wind Z hyN. 1T half pan the A.
uaIs made for the gun boats to cat e Advance and
attack the cnemy's gaies and gun boats which all
under weigh in the eaicrn part Of the har5or whittier
they had for (ome Il oeen working up aganit the
wind This was certainly udcious movement OF theirs
rlls klIfy uf m
attack he town. whou1 leaving thc enemys aotilIa ia
| the rea and eGty 10 windward q cordingly or
/ dered bomb vcfTes down within ytropcr dit
ancc lac town, and 5onbaTd 1t, while gun boats
engage the enemys gaie and boats to the wind
wlrd. At ha paG a = IA. our bombs having gained
the Cation when they were Jieaed anchored and
need throwing ihel into the CITY At the fame
time gun boats opened brik e on the ga lies and
wit in point blank 'iiot which warm eturntd by
them and For, Ensil and by pew battery, lit to
the wcitward hut as loon our boats had arrived
wha good muct tho; of their ga;lies aud boats, they
gave way and rereatcd ths hore within the rocks aud
under cover Of mu!q-try from Englih Ihsy were fol
lowed by boats aud sy the Syren, Argus Vixen,
Nautlu, an1 FuGrprxe Tar the reef would permit
them 60 With ~pSudence The action was hen div
deG. One dvEon of boats with the bri' aud fchr.
attacked fort Engh, wha the other engaged Wi h
| the enemys galie aud gan boats The Baihaws calle
the Noe, Gown aud evcral Batteries kcPt up CON
! Ilan FIRE on bomb vcfcls woich wei cvacuGed
and hrew fhrts br1iy into the town but from their
ituaoa, they were very much eXpoled and % great
danger Of heing funk | accordingly ran within them
with the Conlntou 10 draw of the enemys attention
and amufe them whi!e the 5ombardment was kept up.
We brought too wi hn grape, aud fred eleven bread
lss into the Balhaws cattle ana batteries, in
tuaticn where more thAn 10 guns could bear upon
One Of their harerits henced. The town, cAf;e
and Other batteries conGdersLy damaged. BY this time
| il half pan eclock. The wind was ncreahng and
| inc niug rapidly % the northward made the GgGa
for the tnas retire from action and for the IS and
(chooners take them in and ioon after hauled "a
with he Contribution repair dam ges Our main top
fal was totally dir'bIed by hel from the batteries
which away the lea rope AMI fevcrai coths Of The
fail Another lhri truush the fore top ia, and