The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-01-07

slxty.rigla puuader-. nyleed, on ihe Nie-
tory, fareea,le, each lesdcd niil mu-ket
halls. so..a cleared llse Z sloublHblr's sng-
way. lsa, destructive ire uas kcta up
rom her fore aud main tops, and as N,l-
son was wal ing ou the quarterback, be
was taercid hy shot irum one ot the
Frrnrt mark smen, not mere than fifteen
,sr5. 4 stan, They haze done iur me
Il lasi. Hardy, said ie. !" / hope not,
said Hardy. l,," be replied, any
backbone Is sLol tltougb- lie was im-
meliaiely carried below, bai escn itcn,
sarh vas hi> presence Of migd, llRll he di.
rrrieI Ne tillcrrole. wh.cll bad been hot
away. to b. replaced. and. taking out hl,
handkerchief. cDyrtd ld> face and stars,
lr.t tie crew should 81 discouraged by
Tie $ glt The cockpit was crowded with
wounded and lying vets he in.istci that
thc su aeJn should leave him, asd attend
ilas, 10 whom he migiH be useful. 4" For
10 me. sail le yoD caa DO nothing
All that eoull 81 doec was a ian him
with paper aud give Tim ltmona,le = ~.
suarr iis burning thirst. ~ Iie action
commenced. however, sevlUiollhe enemy
began 10 STRIKE; and a> tile crew oi tie
Victory chrerrd rs each Successive dag
was lowered, ai every hurra CLEAN Of
ioy shoi across Tie counenAace ol The dy.
ing hrto.
Netnwhle tic battle continued with
unabalrd fury in all directions. IA u
qoar.er pat iwo The Santa Ana struck 10
the ROYAL Sovereign. ai,cr an minler.
lmp'cd combat Of two hours Duration; bw
The loss on board the 4 ,glsh ship Was a.-
SO very severe. and she was reduced 70
nearly rs urmanageable a state as her
vanquirhed opponent. During the latier
part Of til. action Culmgwood took his
men Off the poop, that They might not be
unnecessarily exposed bpl he long after
remained there. fearless o death himself
At Iengih, descending 70 tic quaiter-deck,
he visited tie men, rtjoiaing them not 10
fire Il shot to wastes loakins himself along
the guns to see that they were properly
pointed, commenting particularly negro
GUNNER who, while lie stood leside Am-
sell, fred ten times directly Into The oppo-
site port hole of the Santa Ana Captain
Harvey, Of the remc aire, when engaged
IL cluse combat with lie Reloubtahle,
perceived the FonsguruS, Of suns, pee
pairing to board her on the other side
lie allowed the enemy TO come within Il
hundred yards, and then poured in a
bruadside with such tremendous effect llai
she fell a perfect wreck aboard Of the
English vessel, and was soon aitcrWard
carried. with little resi- Iarce, by boarding.
The other British vessels, as they succe,-
sivcly came into action, engaged ia clo-e
combat the nearest Slips Of the enemy /;
and when the arrival OF the remote parts
Of the columns had rrdrccd the great odds
against which the leading line-oi-batlle
ships had at first TO contend, tile wonted
superiority of the English soon became
apparent. Before three O'Clock TN ships
Of the line had struck The fire OF. the
poop Of the Victory from the tops Of the
Redoublable was 30 Tremendous, that for
a time il WAS almost deserted, upon which
the French made n vigorous attempt 10
board but they were quickly rep9lsed
by the crew Of The English vessel rushing
up from brlow and engaging tlem at the
mnzzles Of the nu,ket; ami sholtly after,
the Tcmeraire having waited nearer,
poured in her whole broadsdc upon the
crowded decks with such effect that two
hundred men were swept away 10y the
discharge. BY degrees, however, the
marksmen in the tops Of he Redoubtable
were picked oil by the Nictorys marines,
and IL length her whole nasi- and rggi z
fell acro.s tie Tenetaire's bows, which,
forming bridge of communication BE-.
tween the two con,balani., she was board
td and taken possession OF by tie crew Of
the English vessel, which iiGs bad the
glory Of capturing an antagonist on tie
riaht and lett. Never wa. a slip more
eaanily defendcd out Of Fix hundred
and torty-lhrce men, wllo composed her
crew. onb f,e-and-ihirty reached the Eng
li,h shores. Shortly after &c Buceaaur,
which had never recovered tne iil 50 broad
siie ~ the Victory, struck her colors, with
Villencuye on board. and the masis Of the
Santissima 1rnidada, which bad been cx-
posed 10 a tremendous rasing fire from
lc Victory, Neptune, Le,aii.an, aiid
Conqueror, fell wi,h tremendous crash,
and size was taken possession Of when
wholly disabled, by boat fom the
Prince.
While victory was every where declar-
ing Tor the British arms, Nelson was ly-
ing in the cockpit, in tie utmost anxiety
to hear tie details OF The battle. As Cap
tain Hardy could not ior above an hour
la.,ye the deck, he repeatedly exclaimed,
" Will no one bring Hardy 10 mes lie
must be killed he is surely dead" At
length lie came down; they rhook hands
III silncr. Hardy in vain stroye to re-
PRESS his feelings al that painful moment.
" Well, Hardy said Nelson, how goes
the day with us;' Very we'll replied
Hardy, "ien ships have struck, but i've
OF tie van have tackled and are coming
down upon the Victory but have called
two ar t34rpe frpst eIfBs ruaa.d aud have