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5: . i - 1f.M- ,.,,-,. : x,....,. :t':. 'from.lasL , 1 !,Uf,rf the BaihaWs castle. ifirti. No tkw of the trieatet, ano ."..i .p ,i,-,mlttdroo 8noll9anec of wa, .nth. "m. At , A?M. the fa hire transoorts ana send qttraime y ... - . th shiDDincr, w mici niT iiiirr in Jin BLUEtta become necessary, as s equadrpa have nQw'tccn fiv iiv siffht of this di&mu!. coast? wiihout orice v tsitmg a inenmy pon.. ub vessels as -well as the gun-bouts rc- cWtheif ipPy of Water and Pro vision from" the Constitution. 18th As the season w tasi appruav"' . innreseiu rvt wa ing An e may pe t . the boats had nearly ex lid' no. ridws ot the trigatesv i navc; 9 e weished UCUUbUlUbll " ' Sep.-' 'aV the boDfifr eTels ; having been repaired and ready, tot service j iJeut. Dent and Robinson resumed the command of ttfem ! Uwu Mor ris of theJus tooW command of, N 3, arid. Lieut Trrppe havlrigeariy. rtcovcred irom his vfodfsiTesumea tlrrfirriaiid of NQi6l-VfhlCil hp'W galKtnily conducted the JSdVult.' Captv Chuuncey, with beveinl yupg ggiUe-. men and CO men irom ne jonn A' ekirns, voiwulecrcd;cin board then; butmioif Ax 4 E maJe.thsfgnai to)vjkighi'ktpt under wl Sail night f ire IHr'tiuittfe : A SuanUK tMilacre in baiLst an out of lYipoIt irl&'an . noic nYi murni iAmui33U'..' iw - cucm vv-v -?- f en from Gon which was warmly returned, but not wpII directed ; ihe ship boats re tK- frunhoats to assifct in lawlincr th enemy's flotilla, ... o :-V?i. -If- U: : :.t-Rhrtuld vefttureout, while me ung and schooner kept uhder weigh; rea- Ly lor t ne s a me e i' v ice , w w; r - j ,n, the enemy . a occasion mii?h present. At ay ngm, picau.Ui6 and considerably damaged fort ng-Vrthe ketch, and "without suspecting 1sh. Most of our boats received darjt t?f t0P ; fire-sh'i themWing- 7determirie;d to make an attack as soon as the vind proves favouruble. At 8 I um: T pnt Cants. Decatur and Chauncey in two small boats to re connoitre the harbaur, and obtain th? disposition of the enemy's flotilla at night i they returned at midnight and reported that they were anchored in a line - abreast, trom tne iuuk tpp. Bashaw's castle, with their headt tq tbe eastward, for the defence o) the inner harbour. At day light the Wind shifted suddenly from N. E. to' N. N. W. and bniught a heavy .sea on shore, which obliged us, for Water safety, to weigh and stand to fttK: We have cained an othng ol 9 or :Un leagues, still blowing hard. "VVetnet with the Kcch Intrepid from Vf acuser with a cirgo of .fresh, wa tepf stock and vegetables for the squa- flrbn. : . . , ;; 2Ud. Fe31 in with a ship from Malta, with water and live stock for the squadron; 'J-hese Cargoes avn very oppoilui.elys we have been far some time da short allowance of 'ater'lhe wind having moderated, ielitpod in, and "anchored with the squadron & miles N. Ei by N. from Tripoli 5 a?l the boats: were engaged ih discharertn the transports. The Eiiterprizc arrived from Malta, but brougnt no pteju einected f;i?ates 24th With a light breeze from the ' 2s. E. we itood in with the squadron prepared r action, intending to at Jack the t awn , ana sniping iu uk lo-ht. At 8 in tlic eveninjr ar.cho- rred about two and art half miles from ahe hatteries. A midnight it fell :alm. 1 sent the bomb vessels under ratection ot the tmn boats, to bom- 1?ard the town, the boats of the squa ritonwere employed in towing them in- At 2 A. M. the bombardment Wmpnriifl.' and 'continued until day-iightv but- with 'w)uU eScct -ii vncertaun 5 At six all the boats joined usand yere taken iri tow by the sqtiad- on, ? which was under weigh, and stand- with the Constitution and stood in for the harbor, Tort English, the Ba shaw's castle, ciown and mole batte ries kept up a heavy fire on us as we advanced. At half past five, I made ;trnrvl for the irun boats to retire from action, and for the brigs anfl schooners to take them.in tow. we were then within two cables lengtn of the rocks, and commenced a heavy tire of grape and round on 1 3 ol the enemy's rgurt boats and gallies,which were in pretty close action wun our boats. We sunk one or tne enemy s boats, at thesame time two more dis abled, ran ashcre to avoid sinking (he remainderimmediately retreated. We continued running m, until werewilhin muske t,shot of the crown and mole batteries, when we brpugh: to, .and fired upwards of 300 tpund hot, besides grape and canister, into the town, Bashaw's castle ana Daue- ries v. e suchcoj-uw wsm. i - of the batteries for some time. At a quarter past 6, the gun boats being altont.of shot and in tow, I hauled off, after having been 3-4 of an hour in close action. The gun boats nrea upwards of 400 round shot, besides grape and canister, wjth gooa ettect. . . t" - i A large Tunisian gauioi was iunit i the mole. A Spanish ship, whicii toa&oflTkSg hd entered with an ambassador from mteliigence 01 we SI is.w cons . illi. Vi ft M ft thlWlI. IWP - . , -t mage in their rigging and sails.;.The;boat ntl suddenly boarded herywhea bomb vessel No r, commanded ny j tne gaiiantoomers ana neroes oi nw Lieut. Robinson, was disabled, trveryU party, observing Uhe other, three , ahrhnd hfino- shot wav.' the' bed ot s wats surroundings them. I and no he mortar rendered useless, anHhe prospect , of escape determined at fesselnear sinking." She was how e- vef. towed off. Asotit 50 shells were, Sirown iuto the town, and our boati red 400 round shot, besides grape ii once to prefer death and the 'destruc-' tibn of the enemy to captivity and torturing slavery f '.put' a match to tHef train leading directly tblhe maga'ziner ' Minister. Thev Were led into action .Tvvhich at once blew the- whole ; into; i,; .-fiitsUTTitatr nd Snmers with the air, afjd terminated thcif exiS- fii-2:;rJ.tr.ii-ii..-..- Tw u;M"rrt JJ tem p, lvlv ' fnmrcti!s'' tvttitr.t in ing oh At 1 ancnoie "ta "w " of the town. ...T he weather for seve ral days proved unfavorable for ap trpaching tnehore. . Atiu wire, favored with a Pleasant breeze from the eastward. ?A't 3 P. M. we weighed, aad stood ,in -fnr- Trine ili. At 5 anchored the rntUiit'mn in two milfs N. by E r rt Tniiiili.. and.2 and an lialf liom the Bashaw's castle j the light vessels oi-dered to kecunder weigh. iWewer employed until 8 P. M. in taking anangeii.iilS' for attacking the' town ; a number of the ofTxers, find many, of the seamen of the Con-J t? , imnA M.1 hrvx&s Cant. Chaijnje K icey and several of his outers, nd ,70 -of the seamen 6nd murines vohtn . leered their services on board the Constitution AH the boats in the Squadron "were oSicered and manned 40hJ Attached Ju the Several gun-oaais, h ?tWQ ' bomb vtssclsvcouldT not be - foought into action; as one was lea,ky . iind te mdrtar bed-of the otlier had givc'A.rSvuy. The JoIhu Adams, SchtiVfreitiansnorts and bombs, were ' uncnoreo seven man ward of the, town. Lieut, cpmman ; riant Dent, cl the Sicourge, came on board the CCnstiiution, and took 1 . 4 hai ire tin thiamin deck lieut! Izard I. o i tj ' of the Sctairge also joined me. Oeut. ft!iai&fii comxnaiuHV '"gun-boat vK.d. 2 I .CSitid lituf-' Lam-ence of tlie Knter- flpfasi iJfte jSithese are the only . changSviAt fcatf past 1 A. M ihe 'uhuati iiiftttti 'divisioos led ' by - Kiaptsv' Decatur and t"Somcrs were . cred5.o;sadvaTace, '5uid,lt-ke iheirJ; derable damage. Ihe lripoline galhes and gun boats lost many men and were mticl The-Bashaw'. an own have suffered VerjfVrt. as uVe their crown and roolis batteries Captains Decatur and Somers conducted their divisions of gun boats with tbeir-uSual firmness and, address, and were well supported by the officers and men at tached to them The brig and schooners were also well iconducud during the action, and fired affiumber 6f shbt at the enemy ; btit their guns are tobjight to do much execution. They suffered considerably m their sails and rigging. The officers and r.rpw of the Constitution behaved Well. 1 cannot, injustice to Capt Chauncey omit nbticing the very abe assistaiice I Received from him on the quarter deck of the Constitution, dur inc the whole of tbe action. The damage wiiich we have received is principally above the hull ; three lower shrouds, two spring Stays, two topmast back stays, trasses, scbf inS Sc lifts of the main yard,VshotWay; . ' Our sails had several cannot-shot thromrh tlrcm, 'and were beside, con siderably cut by erapc mucjiof our running rigging cut to pieces ohef our anchor slocks and our larboarti cable iiht awav, and a number f arape shut were sticking in diffei-ent parts of the hull ; butnot'a man hurt: A4at beldnirihc lo the John Adarns f-wHbanaalei 'A mate (Mr.Creighlon) and eight niwn, were sunk by a dou; Us headed shot ironi the Dauevies, while in tow of tlie Nautilus, which killed three men and badly wounded one, who, with Mr Creigton and the other four, were picked up by oneol our boats. The only damage our gun. boats suffered, vas in their rig ging and saiU, which were conside rablyxUt with the enemy 's round and trrane shot. At 1 1 A M, we an chored with the squadron & miles N E,Dy 'N, from Tripoli, and repaired the damaae received in the action.' S9th and 30th, preparing the bomb vessels foraervice, supplying the gun lioats with ammunition,, &c 31 st, t I vessel amvcdrortt ' Malta with ro- visions 3LUU iure9 "wu6lu ' of Com- Barlxmor the frigHtes!; We discharged? his Vessel's cargo, and oiderol her U return staltfople to Tripoli to confirm the Bashaw in his title.- 1 his ceremony takes place in all the Barbary regen cies every 5 years. The captaiti;oi i vessel informed us, that our shot and shells' hd made great havock and destruction in thecity, and among the shipping, aad that a vast number af nwnle have been killed ; also in- forms us that three of the boats which were sunk by our shot in the actions of the 3d and 28th ult- had been got ui, repaired and fitted for servtce Sd, at 2 l M, Tiipoli bore S S W 2 1-i miles distant, wind E by E At . .1 : nia;t' y. the wrna s were mauc for the eun boats to cast off, adt-feince and attack the enemy's gallies-and xnm brats, which were all under weigh n, the eastei-n !ai t of the harbour, wb'uher they had for smie tirrie beti workinc ui agaiiist the Mind This I,. ,11 r.! nil AVUni MHt was ccriainiv uuitiuus iiiw.niwi j of theirs, us n precluded, the possibi-: lily of our lioats gointj down toatiacR the town, witboutleaving tne enemy s flotilla in their rear, and directly to windward j I accordingly ordered the bomb vessels to run down within proper distance df the town, and bom bard it, while our gun boats were to engage the eneniy' gallies aad boats to wint'ward- At half past 3, V M, our bombs having gained the station lo which they were directed, anchored and commenced throwing sheas into the city. At the same time our gun ii6ats ooened a brisk fire on the gaU; i - lies and within point blank shot,wmcii was wiirfnly returned by them and fort English, and by a new battery a i:Ulc to the westward ; but as soon as our boats arrived within good mus ket shot of their gallies and boats, they cave w ay and relveated to the bore within the rocks, and undei cover oi musKcivv imiu tin-" fbev were ful owed bv our boa Sana hvthe Siren. Artru?, Vixen, NatiUSus v , -- j - ij . . i I and -Enternrizc, as ur. as tne iceis would pein.it tlicm to go" with prudence- The action was then divided-, fn. ri;v'inn of our boats with the!. v"' -- - ..i.i bii"'S and schooners attaoeo Eogfish, whiU the other was 'ased with the enemy's gallies boats. Inc uannaw s casnc, Mole. Crown, and several other bat teries, kept up a constant h re on our 7 . . 1 I their Alsu&C gallantry; 1 he brigs, and khooners.wcre handsomely conduct- ra, anci nrea many onoi wiui ccvi fort English, which, they were-near though lo reach withtlieir carronatU-s ;rhey suffered considerably in their j 'r.cy?nof. nnn the Are-us received a 32 i bound shot in the hull forward, which! tut-off a bower caWe as it enterefl-l i'We kept under weigh until 1 LP M, 'when we ancnoreu, mpuu ucaiing ;$ S W. 3 leagues, t again with plea- ure acknowledge trie services of an; iable and active officer m Capt.Chaun- cey, serving on the quarter deck pf ; the Constitution. At sunrise, I made fifhe signal for the sr.uadron to prepare for action. The carpenters were sent un board the bombs' to repair dama. 'es, and out' boats employed in sup plying the bombs and gun boats with j ammunition, and to replace the ex ; pen'dit tires. I ' 'Jt. , ' - iDesiroas of annoying the enemy, by all the means in uiy power, I directed to be put into execution a tong contemplated plan of sending a fire ship, or infernal, into the har bor of Tripoli, in the night, for the purpose of endeavoring to destroy the enemy's shipping, and shatter: the BashaVs castie aiid town. Capt.. Somers, of the Nautilus, having vol uuteeved his services, had, for sever al days before- this period, been di recting the preparation! tne ketch, Intrepid, assisted by JUcuts. vacs- worth and Israel. About 100 Bar rels of powder and 150; fixed shells, were apparently judiciously disposed of on board htr. l.ne. iuzes leading t04the magaziiie, where all. the fw- der ,wasS"de posited, were calcuiattd to buraa quarter of an hour. ; September 4th. The Intrepid be ing prepared foi" the intended service Capt. Somers and Lieut. Wadsworth made choice of two of the fastest rowing boats in the squadron for brinQUiK them out. k Alter reaching conicctuses' respectin8 br: the bomb vessels whieh were wdl con ducted, and threw shells briskly into he town ; But from their skuaon, !,Vr -vv-f vcrv milch extiosed,' antf t-HVJ TW , . J g - in trreat daticrer of oeini?: sunk I ac- cbrdirisly ran with'in5lnem with the Constitution, to daw off the enemy's attention, and amuse : them whilst the bombardmentwas kept' up - We brought to withiii reach of grape j fired': 1 1 broadsides fin' the Bashaw's castle, town and batteries, U a : situ w- tion where more thatiO guns could' bear unon us. One of their batteries was silenced. The town, castle and j other biutfevies considerably damaged j lBy this time it was half past four o'clock. The wind was increasing, and inclined rapidly tcrthe north warn. I made the signal for the loats to re tire from action, and for the brigs 8c schooners to take them in low," ani boon' after hauled off with the Consti lutioVto' repair daiuages.' Oiir main topslil wa totally disabkd by a shell fro'nv the battel iss. which cut away the lefieb; rope and seven;! loths of the sail 'Another shell went through the fore topsail ariJ'e through the lib. All our sails considerably cut; two topmast ' hackstays shot away f. mauisheet, ioretacKs, nits, wraces, bowlines; and the . running rigging, generally very rtincVcut, but no shot in ouVhtiilU excepting a few grape. Our gtm boats i ere -alt hour and fif tZh minutes in action. They disabled several of dieehemy'' gallies Sc boats tbis atFatfrare'fivuiidea oaVaTcSoIu tio'nXwhlchCapiii SdnTers Lteutiv WadswortH 'andlsrael; hsid,', foraied,5 iieiLher to be taken by the enetny nor suffer him'to get possess icri of the powder on board' 1 the ; Intrepid. They expected to enter . 'tlye ;hai-bor without discovery, bur had declared if they should l?e disappointed, and ; the enemy should board them, b - fore they reached the place of destma tian, in such force asUo' leave, theti no hopes of a safe retreat,' that; they1 would put a match to ' the magazine and blow themselves and, their tne mles' up" together if cletermined as there was no exchange of prisoners, that their country should1 never pay ransom for them,V ndfVlbej enerriy re'scive a supply1 of po'wcl'er through thtir means. The disappearance bfone of the enemies boatst rkn'd the sliattert d condition of the three others confirm me in my opinioni Uiat thief j wei"e ,n " advanced guar.deticbeji trom tue main oouy oi uet uouiia on discovering the approach of" the Intrepid, and that lliey attempfe'd to board her before she had readied her point of destination, otherwise ' the whole uf their shipping must hate suffered, and perhaps would have been totally destroyed- That ibis was blown up before, je caiqed Kep station is certain, by which tap, set vice has lost three very gaUanbfij cers., Capt.' Somers,- ad, Lieuts. , Wadsworfli and Israel were officers- fbf conspicuous bravery, .talents. and j roerii -they had uniformly distin i guisbed themselves in live "several ac jians were beloved and lanieuled by , thle whole squadron. - September the 5th. We were em ployed in supply ing the gun-boats with .aoiTahi(lon, &.c. and repairing . the bombvessels for another attack, but the wind shifting tevthe N. N. E. a ntavy Kweu -seumti on snore -auu t 'bad weatber, determine'd'tfie ':take the guns, mortars, shot and shells out of the 'boats into th Constitution asttr Jbha Adams, which? was accordingly" done The weather? continuing to wear a tlireaining -aspect untll-the 7th and our amuriUjoiiljein reduced to a quunti V n;crt nore lhait sufficient fill breeze IhreevtsselSto ker: tpthtt blockade : r-m i t ..n' II...... . .'JL. 'WI ,..f ju' KAt . m . eastwaidi i tic Argus, uo iiitL-:iiutcviiic vAvc"cu au" lorccments ; ana tne season so iay v their destination an bvistible nivtirkiU, wh:ch .were to; communicate with the fuzes, Capt., Somsvs, boat was manned ..with -4' seamen ft 6m the Nautilus, andLieut? d firing the com: other indications .. i,:i. 9 V - auswortn s, wun o nom uic iuh- . . . i ; l t.it uLibu. Lieut. Israel aceompaniea them At 8 m tke evening, tne ln TrepUl Vas under sail, and standing from the norU with a icaams; . - V from the Vixen and Nautilus trivoyed her as tar as the rock. On entering the tiai-bor several shot wts fired at hei from the batteries. In a few minutes after, when she had apparently nearly gained the intended pmce ol destina tion, she suddenly exploded, - without their having previous 1 y fi red a rooift filled with splinters, and oiher con- ii;tihlf which were intended to create a bluze, in order to ueter the enertly from boarding, whilst the fire was ' cbmmunicaung tOithe fuzes, which led to the-magazincv The ef fect of the? explosion awed their bat- terctes'- into profound silfcivee,.wjth Ustonishtne nt. Not a gun was aitprT ward f.redfor the ttigiiu Tlie slmeks of the inhabitants informed us that t'(e town was thrown into the great est tenor and consternation by the explosion of the magazine,- and the bursting ana lainug oi uncus m ai directions. Ihe whole squadron waited with the utmost anxiety to, leanr the talc of the advfcnturers, from, a signal previously agreed on in case of success, but waited in vain : no sins of their safety w re to be observed, r The ; Argus, Vixen, and Nautilus hovered round the entrance of the port until sunrise, when they had a fall view of the whole harbor. Not a Vestige of tlie Ketch r boats were to be seen. One of the enemy's larifest guii-boats was missing, and three others were sten very much shattered and damaged, which the t-nt- m v. were haulihe on shore . . From these circumstances I am led to be Uevc, that, these bouts Were detached j Aomthe enemy's fiouUa to intercept J . . Mr season so advanced ks to f ender'it imprudent to hazard the' gUh4outs " ahy ' 16nger on the" station i' I'aYe orders for the liAw Adams, SyrenV Nautilus, Enterprize atul ijcoUrge; to take the bombs tnd ' guiv-bdaU in tow amd proceed lo Syracuse with thtfm, the Argus "and Vixen to'remain withthe Constitution to keep bptheiiockade. September the 10th.! TheUriited Statbs shii President, Commodore- Ban on, and Cohsiellauon, Capt j Campbell, Iwe. in Viglit ImdV.scon jonictt company, wnen me commana oi , h'' to 0onmiodore Barroilj;' with.- JLhe'usnal 'cer&Vndny ' i continued, in company with the ,sqUadron-:unil Hhc 13th,' wtieo ttwee 'SU4angeship 'came' in sight 'standioTdirct- tor- Tripoli. Cha'swa'"giTeriatod;lwo of them, boarded and laken possession of by" the;Constitutioni the -President' in contpapy, atsout iour ieaguc . uyu. JL I ipOll, UUIW UW 1UI' fci from the laodV while the Constella tiorr and Argus ' were in chase.of Jtho tiurd The two boarded by the Con stitution were loaded with about six teen 3 thousand bushels-of wheatrx Tripoli isv in a state of starvation and there can be ino doubt but those car goes' were meant as a supply and re lief to our enemies. !- ;.'1 Considering the season too far 'ad vanced and weather too uncertain to hazard any further operations against V Trinnn at nresent. CQmmddQfe.fiar- ron determined that :the 'prizes sbouf JT f" he sent to Malta, lundefontof. --cr'-ft': f the Constitution,, l yWfy 3 . 4 ft 1; i, 9-7 1 A - 4 V"'
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