The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-04-30

bows and stood out Of range to windward, and
spent an hour in repairing damages, then
ran down. to the Java.
Captain Lambert had been carried below
badly wounded, and the first lieutenant con-
sidered the Java too badly injured to continue
the action, SO he surrendered
Uses Her Up.
The Java was entirely dismasted, many of
her guns were disabled, her upper works
were badly injured, one of her pumps dis
abled, and she was making water so fast that
they could not free her All of her boats
were stove, and out of the eight boats, on the
Constitution only one was left to transfer the
prisoners, the wounded, and the stores from
the Java to the Constitution, which took q
long time. The Constitution laid by the Java
two days to accomplish this. Then, as the
Java was so badly injured that she could not
be brought to suitable port, she was fred
and blown up. - =.
The action lasted one hour and fifty-five
minutes The Java had sixty killed, ITO
wounded. She mounted forty-nine guns and
mad 426 men. The Constitution had nine
killed, and twenty-five wounded. She
mounted fifty-four guns and had 46O men,
The Constitution did not lose a spar. An
eighteen-pound shot passed through her
mlzzen mast. Her foremost was wounded
Her ma1ntopmast slightly injured, but all
damages were quickly repaired.
Inc Java had on board, besides her ships
company, Lieutenant General Thomas His
iop, Governor of India, and staff, Captain
John Marshall of the British navy, and several
other officers destined for various ships, and
over 100 supernumeraries. She was one of
the hneSt frigates in the British navy and
htted out In the most complete manner to
carry these distinguished officers.
1t was after consultation with these eminent
officers, and upon their advice, that First
Lieutenant Chads of the Java decided to strike
ms nag, as Captain Lambert was below, NOR
tally wounded, and the Constitution was TAX
ing up position athwart the Java's bows to
rake her. -
This was well-earned and most brillian.
victory for the Constitution
Laurels, Indeed. -
The Java is spoken of in Marshall's "Royal
Naval Biography as "a new frigate of the
nrst class" Her commander, Captain Henry
LAMBERT, is mentioned in Brenton's History
OF the English Navy" as one of our most dis
t t! omcers, who had a high reputa-
ZION 1or seamanship. He had in a previous
war captured the French frigate Psyche; had
commanded fleet operating on the French
COAST WIN great success; had made daring
attack on FRENCH squadron at Grande Porte,
ana IN MS operations at Isle de la Passe had
sno"n great abilities as naval officer. There
lore II may be safely said that the ADVANTAGE
was on the side of the British frigate in this
actlon. But when we know that in. less than
Two hours the Americans had dismasted the
prltlsn 1rlgate by outmaneuvering her. and
ey superior accuracy in gunnery, and had so
iai oisaoled ner That when she was left to her.
sell tor over an hour (While the Constitution
was running off to windward to splice her nm
Mug rigging that had been cut) all the skilled
oMcers and supernumerary men aboard
the Java could not put her into such a con1i-
'ion DIS would enable her to continue the ac-