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The United States had suffered surprisingly little ; 

 what damage had been done was aloft. Her miz- 

 zen topgallant mast was cut away, some of the spars 

 were wounded, and the rigging a good deal cut ; the 

 hull was only struck two or three times. The ships 

 were never close enough to be within fair range of 

 grape and musketry, 66 and the wounds were mostly 

 inflicted by round shot and were thus apt to be 

 fatal. Hence the loss of the Americans amounted 

 to Lieutenant John Messer Funk (5th of the ship) 

 and six seamen killed or mortally wounded, and only 

 five severely and slightly wounded. 



The Macedonian, on the other hand, had received 

 over a hundred shot in her hull, several between 

 wind and water; her mizzenmast had gone by the 

 board; her fore and maintopmasts had been shot 

 away by the caps, and her mainyard in the slings; 

 almost all her rigging was cut away (only the fore 

 sail being left) ; on the engaged side all of her car- 

 ronades but two, and two of her maindeck guns, 

 were dismounted. Of her crew 43 were killed and 

 mortally wounded, and 61 (including her first and 

 third lieutenants) severely and slightly wounded. 67 

 Among her crew were eight Americans (as shown 

 by her muster-roll) ; these asked permission to go 

 below before the battle, but it was refused by Cap 

 tain Garden, and three were killed during the ac 

 tion. James says that they were allowed to go be 

 low, but this is untrue; for if they had the three 



66 Letter of Commodore Decatur. 



67 Letter of Captain Carden. 



