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turn the fire, being a perfect wreck 

 and unmanageable log ; I deemed 

 it prudent, though a painful extre- 

 mity, to surrender his Majesty's 

 ship ; nor was this dreadful alter- 

 native resorted to till every hope of 

 success was removed even be)'ond 

 the reach of chance, nor till, I 

 trust, their lordships will be aware 

 every effort had been made against 

 the enemy by myself, my brave 

 officers and men ; nor should she 

 have been surrendered whilst a 

 man lived on board, had she been 

 manageable. I am sorry to say, 

 our loss is very severe : I find by 

 this day's muster, thirty-six killed, 

 three of whom lingered a short 

 time after the battle ; thirty-six se- 

 verely wounded, many of whom 

 cannot recover; and thirty-two 

 slightly wounded, who may all do 

 well : — total, one hundred and 

 four. 



The truly noble and animating 

 conduct of my officers and the 

 steady bravery of my crew, to the 

 last moment of the battle, must 

 ever render them dear to their 

 country. 



My first lieutenant, David Hope, 

 was severely wounded in the head 

 towards the close of the battle, and 

 taken below; but was soon again 

 on deck, displaying that greatness 

 of mind and exertion, which, 

 though it may be equalled, can ne- 

 ver be excelled ; the third lieute- 

 nant, John Bulford, was also 



wounded, but not obliged to quit 

 his quarters : second lieutenant, 

 Samuel Mottley, and he, deserve 

 my highest acknowledgments. The 

 cool and steady conduct of Mr. 

 Walker, the master, was very great 

 during the battle, as also that of 

 Lieutenants Wilson and Magill, of 

 the marines. 



On being taken on board the 

 enemy's ship, I ceased to wonder 

 at the result of the battle. The 

 United States is built with the 

 scantling of a seventy-four gun 

 ship, mounting thirty long twenty- 

 four pounders (English ship guns) 

 on hermain-deck.and twenty-two 

 forty-two pounders carronades, 

 with two long twenty-four pound- 

 ers on her quarter-deck and fore- 

 castle, howitzer guns on her tops, 

 and a travelling'carronade on her 

 upper deck, with a complement of 

 four hundred and seventy-eight 

 picked men. 



The enemy has suffered much in 

 her masts, rigging and hull above 

 and below water : her loss in killed 

 and wounded, I am not aware of, 

 but I know a lieutenant and six 

 men have been thrown overboard. 



Inclosed you will be pleased to 

 receive the names of the killed and 

 wounded on board the Macedo- 

 nian; andhavethehonourtobe, &c. 

 John S. Garden, 

 To J. W. Croker, Esq. 

 Admiralty. 



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