The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-05-13

at a considerable dis:snes 70 TIE co,:hwa.i
from the other, which Mas apparently unload
ing the prize ] despatched the sch'r 10
Sierra Leone, TO leave direction. to any ,hips
that might arrive tLese to repair TO me- Hsy-
ing nearcd the island In the evening, The fri
gate to the norihward weis he'd, and stood Que
to sea the other frigate had signals flying,
and being observed at sunset with her iop-
sails hoisted, ] stood OF for she night aud
the next morning one of the. fsigsies, & be-,
lieve L'Arethuse) was just yisable from this
deck--it was then calm on breeze SPRING .
ing up about noon she stood towards Us. As
] had hopes of drawing her from her consortS
we continued standing oa, TO sea ill supset,.
when not perceiying the other ship from The
mast head, and the breeze falling, we short,
encd sail, wore and stood towards her, A.
little after z, the, enemy observing US near
him, tackled, and hoisted his cOlors. Al rs
minutes past z, a. M. being within pistol
shot of his weather bow, both ships com.
mcnced firing nearly at the same time hich
continued (remaining nearly in the same sit.
uation) until FL minutes past ! !, when she
bore up, having the advantage Of being abls
SO TO -do, leaving u in an ungovernubie state,
with our sails, standing and running. rigs gin <
TIE action we twice fell ON board the enemy,
in attempting TO ,hwart his hawse, when he
atte empted 10 board, bat was repalsed ty the
marines (which were commanded by Lieut..
Simpson, and the boarders. Though most
sine ercly lament the numerous loss Of killed
and wounded, which amounted to one hun.
dred and forty one, yet il is the greatest con-
ISOLATION in rejecting that we were never
once exposed to raking shot, or the slight
est accident occurred ali fell by fair fighting.
1t is with the most poignant regret / have
to mention the names OF the senior and Sec
ond !ieu,epants John James Bates anG John
Poph, and Lieut.. Grangier, of marines, G..
mong the slain they fell early in the action
having been more than Gve years in the ship,
have had ample opportunities Of knowing
their ineslimable characters, and the conse,
quent loss the service has sustained by their
falling. 1t is with equal eoaocrnUI i have To-
mention 1t. George Wilissthes iunior iieut.
who fell while carrying on the duty on tho
quarter deck. when l had seeeiyssi u ;wnbid
which obliged me to quit it; and also that Of
the good and jealous officer, Lieut.. Pa.coe,
late OF The Daring, who commanded the mid
ship guns, on the main deck. go
The crippled state oil the ship, and deplo-
rable condition Of the wounded. having rem
e,ed the object for which sailed from Si-
erra Leone gaboriie, having every reason TO
conclude that The state OF tho enemy muss
have been such as to have greatly tsiied him.
in his in,enGed operations, being much cut
up abouthis hull, / thought myself justified
in not remaining on the coast, and therefore
proceeded with the in,cption Of touching as
Madeira, or the Western Islands, for re-
fteshments for the sick, which the bsdness Of
. the weather prevented, and arrived here this
day. ] should also state, that although our
numbers were'aprarentiy strong at me COM
menceme Of the action, YET frOm the length
of time we had been on the eossts and much
reduced bv sickness we had Barely our COM
piement f, for y,and they much encryatea.
Killed ana Uounded.
Killed, ant since dead, 81
Wounded, Dangerously, 10
Severely, - IS
Slightly, ~
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