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away; and of her crew of 128 men (according to the 

 list of prisoners given by Captain Warrington; 

 James says 118, but he is not backed up by any offi 

 cial report) 9 were killed and mortally wounded, 

 and 14 severely and slightly wounded. Instead of 

 two long sixes for bow-chasers and a shifting car- 

 ronade, she had two 1 8-pound carronades (accord 

 ing to the American prize-lists; 30 Capt. Warring- 

 ton says 32*5 ). Otherwise she was armed as usual. 

 She was, like the rest of her kind, very "tubby," 

 being as broad as the Peacock, though 10 feet short 

 er on deck. Allowing as usual, 7 per cent for short 

 weight of the American shot, we get the 



COMPARATIVE FORCE 



No. Broadside Weight 

 Tons Guns Metal Crew Loss 



Peacoek 509 n 315 166 2 



Epervier 477 9 274 128 23 



That is, the relative force being as 12 is to 10, the 

 relative execution done was as 12 is to i, and the 

 Epervier surrendered before she had lost a fifth of 

 her crew. The case of the Epervier closely re 

 sembles that of the Argus. In both cases the officers 

 behaved finely ; in both cases, too, the victorious foe 

 was heavier, in about the same proportion, while 

 neither the crew of the Argus, nor the crew of the 

 Epervier fought with the determined bravery dis- 



80 American State Papers, vol. xiv, p. 427. 



