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and oiiho third day wo were joined
by , tho I'romelhcus, from Alsiera.
vrliither she hnd leen dispatchci! lo
brinfnwaT t!io British Consul; the
Dey 1 howevftr, nao apprised of the
EXTRACTS.
SKBTCI!-OP THE BATTLE OF
ALGIERS.'
fhtf LktnJr. fitted for the fla- of:H!!,on nml "'Hf'1 lvpM
Hcar-.VJiniral Milne, wa at
t jl r .. m - i i k s
mouth arrivel w.th a -M..ndrM Jri:, ' f'
th ilditeranean. a dilute ; Thp foul xv.n l prcrrnted the squad-
tiadarrweo brtf n th Vry of Af- nfnkimr much wnjv luit the time
-icrtuadhLoidhip.iuronfequcncalwn implovet! to ndvantn-e in con-
ofamaacrrthattUpIaront Bona.!"1" Mrrrwc f the putif. nnc! tho
. . r i. : .t 1 men tt-ern brought aa near to nerfec-
On tno I)PrUU ni luni-nrri. mt:u ; ; 1 . ... . ' ..
Iia" Ot 1 ' liit urinnif u limit - -
s")l- rt 1 Wlj ',t,,,ts frews of tho Prometheus,
tfBt- f'ic Consul wife iiiu! daughter
under the protection o! the llnliih 1,0,1 u; uu"1 UB.' ,H,,,lu,,,J?
jja jthfrn't-arh nmu knew his own duty,
When the particular were mado" Men a" l,ml of lhe Pi" of the
known to' (.Wrnmfiit. Lord Ex- ""i Hreman. hoarder, poxvder man,
mouth wn 0rdfr.1l to return to A I- "Hcr- , L.ach took ln turn to
riiaiiirm up to ;uc tn. a
ed the: deck, when the signal to hehf
up" was out, the Commander in cheif
S'erjt,
the Pnnce Regent, instant reparation
for the insult offered to England.
Thi juAdrou lcing till on the war
ctah!ia:t'iitf tlw crews waro di-
chiirovl, ond another c.vpedition wai
urticrei! to Ui equipped vith nil di.
iKitrh. Th Lirmdef instantly offer
ed her cr icca, and she oon had the
HtiUctmii to hcHr, that they weic
r:itioti!v nVeenteti, onl never wuj
-r Mter io cJtpieccl throughout hr
crrw. III in ljen ner uojiain
haui) Munouncel-the d.rtermination ofl
the Admiralty, that slic wa to com
plete t!iu war eoniphmenl : an extra
Lieutenant (Monk) wa- 'appointed, n
rendezvous for olmiteers opened on
tbrt Poi.it ut Pornnioutii. and in ten
daTH jtfte v it ready lor eu, with !H
men 01 board.
rrurnoiitn. during thi time, look
ed hk itsdC i ' All irts c.:"
Icr4tus rainc firw..r f i; enter;
tiimi !niii.l " WultTIIlir . ii J 1 , f,o!c
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hand niner. 'it nit,:.i?;
were taken, raw ut ih y . - n
Icudine the wny. with a fine steady
breeze blowing on the land. We
run in on the Admiral's larboard
beam, keeping within too cable's
length of him, the long gun atere
loaded frith round and grape, j loc
carronades trith grnpe only our
sail tms reduced to the topsailand
top gallant sails, the mainsail fuWed,
ond the boats dropped astern io'rO Mr.
Tho ships trere notr steering to their
appointed stations, and the gun bouts
shored their, esgerness, by a eroded of
sail, to get alongside the batteries.
A rn dro.iB tmciinis the shore, the
A Igereneszr ere observed loading their
guiiMfahd a vast number of spectators
... . 1 .11..
were assemble.! on- the neacn, iuij
chain ! prizing at the approach of the squad
.. .1.1..'...- .....t.t tl.rrturrli ctor.liuii. seemititflv ouito unconcious 01
tllllU tVi4 tiJMHfctWWl 7 I J g
!rhut rras about to haDnen. Far dif
deck, and bent to the bower anchor ferent rcero appearances at themouth
forward, ready to brins tho ship up of the mole as it opened; tho rotr-
by the stern, and a hempen ca'ble in boats, fully manned, trere lying on
the same wny on the other side; the their oars, quite prepured for the at-
flvimr : iib-tjooimi were riirired in. totck, and tec fully expected they
aiiow! the shiiw to iiuchor near each "tjld utiempt lo board should an op-
other round the mole; in short, everv portumty offer; each boat had a flag
precaution which the most seaman I hanging over the stern, A frigate
III flunk of uern taken !'ra moored across the mouth of the
id instirf Mucce.ts: lasti v. were tne pre- luie
paratious of the surgeon, who had outside of her.
been long employed makiug convo- At htlcen minutes belore three p.
'...,. fbnrt who were doomed m. the Queen Charlotte came to an
to require. hU assistance. Ft nrfull anchor by the stern, at the distance
a it wxi to see the lengths of ban- of sixty yards from the beach, and as
Lures' which ho and his assistants whs ascertained by measurement,
wcrej selling ready for wounded ninety yard from the muzzlesiof the
limns; vvo rould not but feel a talis- ?ns of the mole batteries, unmoles
I'iCtion in the confidence which nlljted, and mU all the quietude of a
ricndiy horhour ; her flag fleir at the
justlvj placed in his tkiil nnd attention;
for u xivui could, nor diil with more
cej"s, eterr himsijf, when the day
:
fl urrr"ii.
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in
On Suuilav thn 2-nh of August,
4,t'ie expedition hail a fine breeze, ami
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n - ! t o. at e 1 CJ r-ut progress with n turning
;v r:t: lU.-if, .'t'; divine service was performed,
and 011 thai occasion, when ottering
be, ami other? were rejc
i: i. h.eer. that iv
our ol:iuter.- .,ever
be fare. A zu.l no
ioit rY rn 111:1 .n in i.ii? a ai iii.1111 t
witneed; dufr, howcvei n.ciediiile" prayers to tho Almighty, by many
it ,hv appeal ..rtuuliy U-ca.n- tho last time, at public worship,
pleasure, iucb was the ec;teoiei ! reelings of the most Hatisfactory na
pruduceJ by t!m pros;KJct of uctiejre originated, which can never be
service. I forgotten by those who felt them;
The ila- 01 Rear-Admirnl Milne "cy ric n rooi cuhuulu-
was ut length iioted, an I tin lean
der sailctl tr Plymouth where she
nnchored in twe day and j-mieu part
of the qundron intentleil lor tlie sain.
service: the Queen Charlotte, bear
ing the flag of Lord Exntouth, noon
appeared, und on the 'JJth of July,
the expeditfuti tutifed from England
with u fine" calerly tnecze. iSow
bewail the preparation for action ;
the ocople were exercised nt the guns
twice a day (Sunday excepted) blank
rartridjr wcro occaior:uliy fired,
und the Marine practise ! wiili ballot
mark. Tubj were pi ared in fhlJereut
parts of the decks i ho1-! an !titioii
al iantity of shit, douhlc breechings
titled to the carrooaileii, nml sjmre
breeching' hung over enr.h long jjnn;
n.idshiprmiTiwcre stntioned ut the
hatchway to preserve regularity in
the sunidr f powder; preventer brn-
ce and toggles iiueu 10 111c lower
vftrd. which were slun in chains:
turklincs were fitted to the topsnils
to haul them inugly up, and cask
were lashed aloug the decks trith tra-
icr to rcTreh the men.
The cxdi!ion arrived at Gibral
ter in tleven days, when it was join
ed by a Dutch squadron of five frig
aic. and a corvette, undci the com
mand of Vice-Admiral V011 Capellau;
live gun-boats u arc fitted out and
manned by thh ships of the line, and
two transports were hired to attend
with ammunition, A:c. -All lumber
k ami bulkhead, were landed at the
dock-taril; the ship- w etc completed
with water, and iiiuil piiint ready
for sea by the I3th of-August. The
Kear-Admirnl shincd hi Hag into
the Impregnable, and on the 14th
the combined expedition wiled for
Algiers- .The. Leatidcr w.u ordered
to take a transport in tow, nnd keep
on the Admiral weather-beum. and
th dutchtnen kept to -wiodwanl o
all. We wero met by un easterly
crind tiro dyt aAcr leaving Gibraltcr,
ii
mg into action, which the stranger 10
religious sentiments can never pos
se., The const of Africa was seen on
Monday, ami 11s the day dawred on
Tuesday, the 27lh. Algiers uppeared
about 10 miles ofl'. The morning
wus beautifully fine, with a haze
which foretold tho coming heat as
thn morniiiir advanced, the breeze
w mw -mm - - "
failed us. but at nine o'clock we had
nenrcd the town to within about five
mile; tho long line of batteries were
distinctly seen, with the red flag fly
ing in all directions, anil the masts ofi
the shipping showed above the walls
of the mole. The Severn, with a
flag of truce flying, whs detuchen
with tho terms of the Prince Regent,
nnd this was u most anxious period,
for we were in the dark as to the feel
ings of the Dcy, whether the offered
terms were such as ho could consis
tently" accept, or that left him no
alternative but rcsi.tance. During
this state of suspense, our people
were as usual exercised at the guns,
the boats hoisted out, and prepared
for service by signal, and at noon we
wcro ready for action.
The ship company were piped to
dinner, and one o'clock the Cuptain
and officers sat down to theirs in the
"Cn j-oom, the principal dish of which
was n substantinl ea liie ; wino was
pledged in n Jumper to a successful
attack, and a general expression or
hoDrt for an unsuccessful negotiation.
At this time, the officer of the vtatch
reported to the Captain, that the Ad
miral had made the general teiegrapn
Are you ready? Chetham imme
diately directed that our answer'rea-
dy" Je shown, and ot tho same mo
ment the like signnl was flying at the
mast-heads of the entire sqaadron.-
The tnesa now broke up, endi indi
vidual of it quietly making orrange
raerjts with, tho other in the event of
accident.and vre had scarcely rcach-
main, and the colours ut the peak;
her starboard broadside flanked the
ffhole range of batteries from the
molchcad to the lighthouse; her toj-
sail yards (as irere those of the squad
ron,) remained aloft, to be more se
cure from fire, and the sails brought
snugly to the yards by headlines pre
viously fitted ; the top gallant sails
and smull sails only trere furh d, so
that we had no man unnecessarily
exposed aloft.
The Leander, following lhe motions ril
the Admiral, was brought up wiih two an
chcrs bv the stern, In go on his Urboard,
bam, vetred av Hy, until she obtained a po
iiion nearly a head ot him, then let go an
anchor under loot, open by this to a batteiy
on the starboard side at lhe bottom 0 the
mole, and lo the Fish maikei; battery or the
larboard side. Aulas moment Lord Lx
ruouih was seen waving his hat on the poop
to the idlers on the beach to get out ot the
way, then a loud cheer was heard, and the
whole of th Queen Charlotte's trerr.en.dous
broadside was thrown into the batteries ab
resi of her; this uieasure was promptly ta
ken, as lhe smoke of a gun was observed t is
sue from .some part of the enemy's works so
that the sound of the British guns was heard
almost in the same instant with that to which
the smoke belonged. The chees of th Queen
Charlotte were loudly echoed by ihos of the
Leander, and the contents of her starboard
broadside as quickly followed, carrying de
struction into the groups of rovboats; as
the smoke opened, the fragments of boats
were seen floating, their crews swimming
and scrambling, a many as escaped (he shoe
lo the shore; another broadside -annihilated
them. The enemy whs not slack in retur
ning this warm salute, for almost before the
shot escaped frooi our guns, a man standing
on the forecastle bits, hauling on the lop&ail
buntlines, received a musket bullet in bis
!ett. arm, which broke the bone, ' and com
menced the labours in the cockpit. The
action became general as soon as the ships
had occupied their positions, and we were
engaged with the batteries on cither kide, so
Hose were we that the enemy were distinct
ly seen loading their guns above us. After
a few broadsides, we brought our starboard
broadside to bir on the Fuh-markri, and
our larboard side then looked lo seawaid.
The rocket-boats were now throwing rock
ets over our ships into the mole, the effects
of which', were occasionally seen . un the
shipping on our larboard bow. The Dutch
flag was to be seen flying at the fore of the
Dutch Admiral, who, with his squadron,
were engaging the batteries to the eastward
of the mole. The resh breeze which
broglit us in was gradually driven away by
the cannonade, and the moke of our guns
so hung about us, that we 1 were obliged to
ait uniitit. cleared; for tbeWn took delib
erate and certain aims, training their guns
until they were fully satisfied of their.preci
sloo. Dot cur enemies gave os no reason to
suppose that they were idle to great war
the ha voc which they made amongst us; that
lhe surgeon in his report stated, that sixty
five men were brougat to hira wounded after
the first and second broadsides. Poor Cas
ter,' the subaltern of Marines, who had been
presiding at the mess-table just half an boor
before in all the' vigour of health, was shot
through his head by a musket bullet, while
he was leaning on lhe hammock-rails, look
trig towards the shore. The Captain of
Marines,; (Wilson, in. a later stage of the
bnsine9 Ml IfjrTrdouble-headeti abet, which
raffled. a ay both hUr U&: lhe Marines
were at the great guns to that their officers
had but little to do, and no doubt Baxter was
picked off. A verv fine boy, Stun, a Mid-
shipnian at the gangway.- quarters, came
tunning past severely wounded .by a musket
bullet likewise, and another Mid. Han well,
at tne same quarters, leu, snot in tne $pme
in th? same way.
About four o'clock, a boat with an officer,
came with orders from the Admiral to ceas1
firing, as an attempt to destroy the Algerine
frigates was about to be made. According
ly, three boats pushed into thf mole, running
the gauntlet in gallant siylr; ibey boarded
the oiaeirriost frigate, which was found de
serted by her crew, and in a few minutes
crew suffered severely The smoke of our
last broadside had scarcely left us, when the
Algerin.es.: renewed, their fire, of musketry
upon otu cecKs. fortunately me tten weie
mf
lying down by the guns, and tb officers,
alone were maik for them, but one Mid
shipman jwas their only victim at this time.
The masts began to suffer in all parts, splin
ters were fulJinp' front them, and shreds of
canvass fiom the saiN came down upon us
in great quantities. traces, bowlines, and
other ruoniug Kar, suffered equally; the
shrouds fore and aft. got cut up so quickly,
that the rigging men attempted in vain to
knot them, and w ere at last forced to leave
the ringing to its fate.
When! the boats returned, we recommen
ced onr fire with, renewed vigour; occasion
ally a flag stan was knocked down, a fact
which was aWas announced: with a cheer.
each captain of ft un believing himself tt
be ihe faithful marksman, the Algerine
squadron now began as it wire, to follow
the motions of the ouiter frigate; the rock
ets had taken effect, and they all burned
merrily together. A hot shot about this
time struck a powder-box, on which was
sitting the powder-boy, he poor fellow, was
blown up, and another near htm was dread"
fully scorched.
Through the inteivals of smoke, the sad
devastation in the enemy's works was made
visible: the whole of the mole head, near the
Queen Charlotte, was a ruin, and the guns
were consequently silenced; but we were
not so fortunate with ihe Fish-market; the
guns there still annoyed us, and ours seemed
to make no impression. A battery in the
upper angle of the town was also untouched.
and we were so much und-r it, that the shot
actually came through our decks, without
touching the bulwarks, and we could not
levate our guns sufficiently to check them:
As the sun was sitting behind 4he burn,
the whole of lhe shipping in the mole weie
in flames; their cables burned through, left
thero at the mercy of every breeze: the out'
ermost frigate threatened the Queen -Char
lotte with a simiinr fate, but a breeze sent
her clear on towards the .Leander; a most
intense beat came from her, and we expected
every moment to be in contact; the flames
were burning w ith great power at the mast
heads, and the loose fire was flying about in
such a way that there seemed lobe little
chance of our escaping, but we checked her
progress towards us,, by firing into her, and
in tne act 01 naming out, we were rejoiced
to see a welcome sea-breeze alter the direct
lion of .the flames aloft, the same breeze
soon reached her hull, and we had the satis
fart ion m a few minutes to. see her touch
the shore to which she belonged.
J he guns were now so much 'heated by
ine incessant hr Kept up thai we were for
ced to reduce the cartridges nearly one-half,
as well as to wait their cooling before reloa
ding; the men, too; wete so reduced at some
guns, that they required the asssistance of
the others, to work them; the aftermost, gun
on tne gangway had only .too men untouch
ed. Between seven and eight o'clock, the
pre of the enemy7g guns had sensibly dimin
ished, and their people were running in
crowds 'from 1 he demolished ;wnrks to the
great gate of the ciiy. ibey were distinctly
seen in ait their movements by the light of
tneir ourntr.g navy ana arsenal, rrie batte
ry in lhe -upper angle of the town, which
was too. high to fire upon, kept op a gallipg
fire, and another farther to the east ward was
still at work.. To bring our broadside to
bear on it, a hawser wastrun out to the Several
on our larboard bow, the ship was swung to
the proper bearing, & we scon cheeked theml
At 45 minutes past nine., the squadron be
gan to haul put, some making sail and taking
advantage of a light air off the land, while
others were towing and warping the only
sail which we had.fit to st, was the main
top must stay-sailaad this wa vf too stout
canvass to feel the breeze: -ihb bodts of ou!
own sh)p tere u
kedgt-ariciior,; which' t wi rualovt , to; the
length of the streaaicale, liatl come hobie j
thusj we erelefVpudeni eithei pri 4
breeze or'the assistance, of the squadron.
Au o'fficer was sent to tell tiie Admiial -vur
situation but the boat was sunk from under
the crew-who were picked up by auorl.er;
a second boat, was more successful, and , i he
Admiral ordered all the bats be Could coU
lect to our sis?iPhce. u A1 thi- tirne the
Several near us,-Ipii Caught ihe breeze and,
was moving sieaittly our; a hawser vasbHl i
fast to her mizert "chains, secured to its bare
end, w hich had just suflicieui lenUi to reacli
the painter of the head-must .boat, towing;
by ibis means the Leaodery heac' wa
cheeked round, and whatl again5 IN gra.u
ficaiion to see hei ollowinc ihe otheis of-
the squadron. The small porltwii of our
sails were set to assist our pu giess, but
without the help - of the Severn ihere wa.
should have remained; our imzeii topma.vt
fell inio ihe maintop, sht tlnoou. W hen
the Agerines saw us reiiiing tney returned
to the jjuris which they had pieviposiy a
bandoned, and again commenced a . fire on
lhe boat? which made lhe water . Jitciaily iu
a foam; this fire was returned by our quarter .
guns, but with very little effeti. 'As. we left
the land, the breeze increased, tbe bevtrn
cast off her tow and our boats returned on
on board; at 25 minutes past eleven we fired
our last guu, aiid the1 cannonade was
succeeded by a storm of thunder and tu
ning i , J
At midnight fe atichored within thre r
miles of the scene of action; lhe repoi t of a
gun was on shore still heard at intervals, but
ail was soon quiet, except lhe shipping in
the mole, which continued lo burn keeping
all around brilliantly illuminated. We now
attempted t hirl sails, but the men weie so
thorongly stiffened by the short period of in
action since the firing ceased, thai they
stuck almost powerless to the yards) and
the labours of :he day ended; etoiz was
served j out, and the hanimocKs piued
down, but few had the incliuatiou to haKj
them up.
Soon after daylight re nnisiere j at quar
ters, arid fotwd iiun 16 officer and men
were killed, and 120 wouiided; the three
lower masts badly wounded, every spar
wounded, except the spankerrbooin; ilia
shrouds cut in all pans, leaving the masli
unsupported, which would have fallen had
ihere been the least iiiolion; the mailing
gear entirely cut to pieces; the boats all shot
through, the bulwarks riddled wan grape
and muakeiryj 90 round shot iu ihe star-
board side, some of them between wind and
water; the guns were all uninjured to any
extent, and remained, the only pait of the
Leander, efficient. .
At nine o'clock Gapt. Mitchell came on
hoard from Lord Exmouth, to thank Cal.
Chetham for the position taken by the Le
ander, and for the able supports she had gi
ven hitp throughout the day.
The Town had a very diflerent aooear-
ance thjis morning to that which it presented
the day before, instead of clean white
walls, decorated with flairs, and a mole tvpll
filled with shipping, there was but lhe ruins
ot a to-vn; a few houses in the tinner narr.
remained untouched, but lower down it
one uiidistmguishable ma.-; smoke rising
from tire fragments of the .ships destroyed
was see:n in many directions and ihe wrecks
of boats and larger vessels were drifting
about unclaimed by either party.
l he ship s company were again at work,
clearing deck. unhmlino!;ii ,r '
aring deck, unbendingsails, and makin"
very pieparationto renew the action; but
at noovi we had the satisfaction to hear that
the Dey had accepted the terms which were
oflered j to him the day before at the same
time that this information was conveyed to
the squadron, a general order was issued to
offer up 'public thanksgiving to Almighty
God tor the signal victory obtained by the
arms of ngland 1
On this day the bodies of our ifpnartP
shipmates were ranged on gratings along
the upper deck for interment; the captain
read the funeral services in the Dresenc of
the whole crew assembled round, and when)
he came to the passage, we commit their
bodies to the deep,' the remains of officers
and men were launched into the ocean, with
in three miles of the spot where they niet
their fate. The wouoa'ed were made as
comfortable as a ship could make them; they '"
were placed in cots, bun? u.- on the m;,-
deck, teciipy thgihe whole space between
the main mast and the cabin windows, and
they received from the officers all the fresh
stock which th prjssessed : 1 - .si ;r'
Un the3lstVAugas:, Adm; Milne re-,
hoisted his flag in 4he Lea nder, - and , sailed f. "
the folluwing dayf lor jiingiand ,wii,h des
patches; but her passaged ti Gibraltar w ,
so tedious,' on account of her Ibeing Hr
iurvtoumasts and vards. that he shifted his
flag to the Glasgow and proceeded a her,
leaving us ti make the best; af orf way,
At the end of September we errucd it SpU
heacu Jlbtmk
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