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destroyed by the fire from the 

 ships. 



The naval success in the Da- 

 nish sea was in some degree 

 balanced by the loss of his Majes- 

 ty's brig Attack, on August ISth, 

 which, being surrounded by 14 

 gun-vessels off Foreness in Jut- 

 land, was obliged, after a gallant 

 resistance, to yield to a vast supe- 

 riority of force. The brig had a 

 smaller crew on board than that 

 of each >of her antagonists; and 

 the commander, Lieut. Simmonds, 

 was most honourably acquitted for 

 the surrender, by a court-martial. 



These were the most memora- 

 ble occurrences respecting the Bri- 

 tish navy in the European seas 

 during the year 1812; and if not 

 highly important, they were such 

 as sufficiently evinced that the 

 zeal and activity of our country- 

 men engaged in this service had 

 suffered no diminution for want of 

 adequate antagonists. We shall 

 reserve the painful task of record- 

 ing the reverses in a different quar- 

 ter, to that narrative of the new 

 war in which this kingdom is un- 

 fortunately engaged, which must 

 occupy some of our future pages. 



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