Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-07-14
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Captain. LaWrepce and
/ Chesapeaks I
Fame is the spur, that tie. ~,
doth raise, lear st
|" That last ismity of no5la J..
: 10 scorn delights and E'a MINDS
days! Ivy iSaQie
< But the fair Guerdon. vb.r
find D "ehoa,
: And think to burst out inf
blaze. ''''o sadte
!" Comes the Blind Fury with II. !,
red shears, 'i' anA0t
: and SIT sl'ts p the thin i, spun life; b,, !,
The publication of the soh.eo,.
port p would have been premature sI rrsI ''
the trial Of the surviving Offices pr pI'0r
whose conduct it duplicates. T JIa 'nen
son FOR suppression no lobser ey;<ts fea
ITS publication is due to the msm @, a't
the heroes, who on that aisastro no'y
SO gallantly sacrificed their lives y f.. Say
country. 'O' ueIr
The members of the court wsr.
EalnbrdSe and Capts. Hull and sn n"S
names identified with chiyaIry. and aT WI
to Americans; and their repoIt rort Dtt
the only authentic account Q. TIE I eaa
ment with the Shannon. s'GGe'
Captain Lawrence's SAILING o.3
were peremptory, and when t,'s en ras'
hove IN sight, the Chesapeake's crew ,,.,
mutlnous, on account Of the nonpaymsn.
OF Their prize money. The ccnmanS.s
could not have disobeyed his orders w;%
mpunity; and mutiny was to Be- ovcrav
ed by energy. He passed the day IN me-.
paratlon ior action, and in the epe prr,
Oh DIS men, ard before nnbt.
TAIL, the whole ship was animated s si
his heroic soul. VAR
The unexampled destruction Of +.
Guerrler was accomplished in less than
eighteen minutes, and the yanoui.beJ
ship had sixty three killed and wounded
One third more metal is thrown bv Ns
Constitutions than by the Chesapcakr:;
broadslde; and the Shannon was So emf
in her hull, by 5 minutes broadsidnr
that it was with difficulty she could BE- D.
kept afoat during the night and she
eighty eight killed and wound.
ed. 1t has been truly remarked THAT
the world never witnessed so destructive
A fire from SO limited broadside in 50
short space" Lawrence fell and the
remainder OF the fight, if fight it can be
called, was as disgraceful as the first
eight minutes were brilliant. The mo.
nent after capt. Lawrence was carried
below, captain Broke boarded Our quar-.
,er deck at the head of twenty men.
but desperation could hare
prompted OF justified the measure. It.
3udd, the senior officer, had new gained
he spar deck, where there were, with
hose who had come up from sixty to Sc
.enty five well men. No attempt vas
made to bring more men from the gun
leck, and none or the spar deck to rally
ne men and charge the boarders. This
Melancholy pause continued as Mr.. Rudd
las testistied, three minutes. In the
meantime, capt. Broke, without making
my attack, had collected near ore hull
ircd men, and proceeded to the attack
N the starboard size of the ship. Nj.
3udd now perceived British uniform,
hen lie concluded that tie men On the
quarter deck were the enemy, at whose
lpproach our men fed to the forecaste,
,recipitated themselves through the fore
latchway to the gun deck, and troui
hence to the birth deck, without anet-
ort to prevent them. A few only OF Tie
Enemy were killed or wounded by inyo-
untary and accidental blows, and the
ire from the tops; and he continued rs
havoc till not man was lei!
IN either deck-AIthough Lawrence was
)rostrate, his soul was in alms.-From
he cockpit ne issued his memorable or
lers, . keep tie guns goiDs"--'' light
Ter till she strikes or siDks''--and wIeH
lie knew dat the enemy had carried the
'par deck, lie sent tie emphatic message
o the gun deck, Don't give up tie
hip" When he was arprized CT the
ssue, he only remarked "then tie OIL
;ers of the deck hav'nt toe'd the marS-
he Shannon was whipt when left"
The otficer-like conduct Of this gallant
martyr, Oh this day, has been impeache'a
~ some of the survivors OF that dread
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