On the Ocean 53 



mock nettings, there was a moment's furious strug 

 gle, the surviving British were slain or driven be 

 low, and the captain's clerk, the highest officer left, 

 surrendered the brig, at 3.44, just 27 minutes after 

 the Reindeer had fired the first gun, and just 18 

 after the Wasp had responded. 



Both ships had suffered severely in the short 

 struggle ; but, as with the Shannon and Chesapeake, 

 the injuries were much less severe aloft than in the 



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hulls. All the spars were in their places. The 

 Wasp's hull had received 6 round, and many grape ; 

 a 24-pound shot had passed through the foremast; 

 and of her crew of 173, n were killed or mortally 

 wounded, and 1 5 wounded severely or slightly. The 

 Reindeer was completely cut to pieces in a line with 

 her ports; her upper works, boats, and spare spars 

 being one entire wreck. Of her crew of 118 men, 

 33 were killed outright or died later, and 34 were 

 wounded, nearly all severely. 



