The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-08-29
NOVA SCOTIA.
HALIEAs, August 4, 1909
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The following particulars of the capture of
the French irisate La Furieuss, by II. Nj.
sioop OF war the Bonnie Ciroye cane, Captain
Mounsey, were handed US from a gentle
man who was passenger on board the latter
ship.
Inc Bonnie Cheyenne sailed from Spit
head June IL, with the Quebec trade and
on the ID July. lat. a, long ", had the ms
fortune to separate from the convoy in a
thick log, while pursuing a strange sail
This unpleasant circumstance determined
capt Mounsey, To cruise between lats. As x
10, inclinIng 10 the westward, in the nope
OF Ealing iii with the Trade again. Al 2
n NJ. on the 5th of July, lat. is, long SO, a
large French frigate seen at CUnsiC!e-
ra6le distance, taking possession OF All Eug-
lish merchantmen. Capt. NJ. ordered im-
mediate chase 10 be given, under every sail
that could be set and had ne good fortune,
though the wind continued llgh., to gain on
her IN pursuit of 143 miles, SO as to enable
him to lay the Bonnie Cheyenne within a ca
Die length OF the enemy al 30 minutes past 9
o CLOCK the next morning, when he commeuc-
eo the engagement IN the most spirited & gal
taDt manner, which Continued with untbdted
fury, tor the space OF six hours & tiity one
minutes during which, the French ofticers
since say, the trigate discharged Il broad
sides, and his majesty's sloop, s.ill more
profuse, poured IN (irom the iarboard and
starboard alternately, as circumstances,
and the extreme heat of the ordnance would
permit,) ISL broadsides. AT length cur am
munltion being nearly expended, CAPTAIN
undetermined 20 run along side of the frirate.
give her three warm discharges, and board
her III the smoak, with every man in his
ship. Here the enemy prudence got the
better OF his obstinacy ; and At } 0 minutes
past O'Clock p. NJ. he hauled down hrs CO.
iours.
The snip proved to be La Furiuese frigate
commanded ny Capt La Warrant Ker Da-
MEL, pierced Tor IA guns (can mount 81
armed en Tnte, carrying only 20 ~ Founders,
including thrown below SUBSEQUENT to tile
action, 2 long ~ Founders, and OF smaller
cahber manned with 1875 men (incudlng a
Colonel and detachment OF the line and Is
passengers. Thus ended Conflict, per
maps never surpassed IN the proudly trium
phant page OF British Naval Glory. She is
d trlgate Ut the largest class, seven years old.
sails .narkably tast, and is wei calculated
Tor his majesty'S service. She was one of
The squadron from Torrent, latety blocked
up III the Saints by Admiral Cocnrane, and
was on her passagp ON Gaudaloupe Tor
France, with Il valuable cargo oil sugar, cof-
fee andCocoa. When first taken Possession
OF, she had eight feet water in her hold, with
Is shot holes under water, aud her upper
works wonderfully torn not a single yard
a!oft, and only her three lower masts stand
ing, two Of which (her mizeu and maIn) wen;
over board % hours alter she struck, aud
left the toremast without rigging, trembling
with is own weight: Nor was IT until Inc
10th Of July, that any sail could be set upon
IIt.
With our small boat, the only one left that
would ilOat ON the water, one halt cur NUN
Der was immediately exchanged for one half
OF theirs; and thus were both ships exposed
IN the middle of the Atlantic, with the mum
Der OF prisoners in each nearly double that
OF her crew.