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Lieutenant Curry) wounded. The surviving Ameri- 

 cans reached the shore, rallied under Midshipman 

 H. McClintock (second in command), and when 

 the British retired after setting the Asp on fire, at 

 once boarded her, put out the flames, and got her 

 in fighting order; but they were not again mo- 

 lested. 



On July 29th, while the Junon, 38, Captain 

 Sanders, and Martin, 18, Captain Senhouse, were 

 in Delaware Bay, the latter grounded on the out- 

 side of Crow's Shoal; the frigate anchored within 

 supporting distance, and while in this position the 

 two ships were attacked by the American flotilla in 

 those waters, consisting of eight gunboats, carry- 

 ing each 25 men and one long 32, and two heavier 

 block-sloops, 45 commanded by Lieutenant Samuel 

 Angus. The flotilla kept at such a distance that an 

 hour's cannonading did no damage whatever to 

 anybody; and during that time gunboat No. 121, 

 Sailing-master Shead, drifted a mile and a half 

 away from her consorts. Seeing this the British 

 made a dash at her in 7 boats, containing 140 men, 

 led by Lieutenant Philip Westphal. Mr. Shead 

 anchored and made an obstinate defence, but at 

 the first discharge the gun's pintle gave way, and 

 the next time it was fired the gun-carriage was al- 

 most torn to pieces. He kept up a spirited fire of 

 small arms, in reply to the boat-carronades and 

 musketry of the assailants; but the latter advanced 

 steadily and carried the gunboat by boarding, 7 



a Letter of Lieutenant Angus, July 30, 1813. 



