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Five actions were "drawn." 



In 1812 the Swallow fought the Renard and Gar 

 land. The former threw 262, the latter 290 Ibs. of 

 shot at a broadside. 



In 1815 the Pilot, throwing 262 Ibs., fought a 

 draw with the Egerie, throwing 260. 



In 1814 two frigates of the force of the Tagus 

 fought a draw with two frigates of the force of 

 the Ceres; and the Eurotas, with 24-pounders, 

 failed to capture the Chlorinde, which had only 

 i8-pounders. 



In 1815 the Amelia fought a draw with the Are- 

 thuse, the ships throwing respectively 549 and 463 

 Ibs., according to the English, or 572 and 410 Ibs., 

 according to the French accounts. In spite of being 

 superior in force the English ship lost 141 men, and 

 the French but 105. This was a bloodier fight than 

 even that of the Chesapeake with the Shannon; but 

 the gunnery was, nevertheless, much worse than 

 that shown by the two combatants in the famous 

 duel off Boston harbor, one battle lasting four hours 

 and the other 15 minutes. 



There were a number of other engagements where 

 the British were successful but where it is difficult 

 to compare the forces. Twice a 74 captured or de 

 stroyed two frigates, and a razee performed a sim 

 ilar feat. An i8-gun brig, the Weasel, fought two 

 i6-gun brigs till one of them blew up. 



