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deck. I was therefore under the 

 paiiilul necessity of desiring Lieut. 

 Smith (First Lieutenant) to take 

 command of the quarter-deck, and 

 to clear the wreck of the fore- 

 mast and main-mast, which then 

 lay nearly fore and aft the deck, 

 and to make sail after the enemy ; 

 but, at the same time, 1 had the 

 satisfaction of reflecting that I had 

 left the command in the hands of 

 a most active and zealous officer. 



We kept sight of the enemy 

 during thenight by means of boat- 

 sails, and a jigger on the ensign- 

 staff; and bel'ore 12 o'clock the 

 next day Lieutenant Smith report- 

 ed to me, that, by the great exer- 

 tions of every officer and man, 

 jury-courses, top-sails, stay-sails, 

 and spanker, were set in chase of 

 the enemy, who had uot even 

 cleared away his wreck, and that 

 we were coming np with her very 

 fast, going at the rate of six knots 

 and a half: that the decks were 

 perfectly clear, and that the offi- 

 cers and men were as eager to re- 

 new tlie action as they were to 

 commence it ; but to the great 

 mortification of every one on 

 board, we perceived two sail on 

 the lee-bow, which proved to be 

 the Dryad and Achates, and they 

 having crossed the enemy (we only 

 four or five miles distant) before we 

 could get up to her, deprived us of. 

 the gratification of having her co- 

 lours hauled down to us. 



The enemy's frigate proved to 

 be the Clorinde, Captain Dennis 

 Legard, mounting 44 guns, with 

 four brass swivels in each top, and 

 a compliment of 360 picked men. 



It is with sincere regret 1 have 

 to state that our loss is considerable, 

 having twenty killed and forty 

 wounded ; and I most sincerely la- 



ment the loss of three fine young^ 

 midshipmen; two of whom had 

 served the whole of their time 

 with me, and who all promised to 

 be ornaments to the service. 

 Among the wounded is Lieutenant 

 Foord, of the Royal Marines, who 

 received a grape-shot in his thigh, 

 while gallantly heading his party. 



I learn from Monsieur Gerrard, 

 one of the French officers, that 

 they calculate their loss on board 

 the Clorinde at 120 men. It is 

 therefore unnecessary for me to 

 pariicularize the exertions of every 

 individual on board this ship, or 

 tiie promjjtness with which every 

 order was put into execution by so 

 young a ship's company ; but I 

 must beg leave to mention the able 

 assistance which I received from 

 Lieutenants Smith, Graves, Ran- 

 dolph, and Beckham, Mr. Bead- 

 nell, the Master, and Lieutenants 

 Foord and Conneil, of the Royal 

 Marines; the very great skill and 

 attention shewn by Mr. Thomas 

 Cooke Jones, Surgeon, in the dis- 

 charge of his important duties ; 

 the active services of Mr. J. Bryan, 

 the Purser, and the whole of the 

 Warrant Officers, with all the 

 Mates and Midshipmen, whom I 

 beg leave most strongly to recom- 

 mend to your lordship's notice. I 

 enclose a list of the kilted and 

 wounded, and have the honour to 

 be, &c. 



J. Phillimore, Capt. 

 Adm. Lord Keith, K. B. 



[Here follows a list of 20 killed, 

 including Messrs, Jer. Spurking, 

 and C. Greenaway, rnidshipmen, 

 and Mr. J. T. Vaughan, volunteer, 

 and 39 wounded, including Cap- 

 tain Phillimore, and Lieut. Foord, 

 of the marines, severely ; and J. R. 

 Brigstocke, midshipman, slightly.] 



