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ways at the head of their divisions and were repulsed ; and it was 

 not until the third attack that they carried it. The marines, to a man, 

 had fallen in their place on the quarter-deck. 



The fight was renewed on the main deck, but it was, in comparison, 

 feebly sustained, most of the people having now taken refuge in the 

 hold, and the ship at length surrendered. 



Lord Cochrane now ordei'ed the boats to be manned, that he might 

 pursue his plan of taking out the Maypu and some other vessels ; but 

 the men were busy plundering, and the darkness and confusion ren- 

 dered it impossible to enforce the order. Besides, the castles had 

 begun a heavy fire upon the frigate ; and, although she had hoisted 

 the same lights with the neutral ships, the Hyperion, English frigate *, 

 and the Macedonia, United States' ship of war, the firing continued; 

 so that to prevent her being damaged, her sails were set and her chain 

 cables cut, and she was anchored out of gun-shot, with two of the 

 largest gun-boats which Lord Cochrane had also taken. 



The enemy's loss in killed, wounded, and drowned, was very great. 

 All the officers, three of whom were wounded, were taken prisoners, 

 and Captain Coig, the commander, received a severe contusion from 

 a ball from the batteries ; 150 of the crew were also taken, with the 

 standard of the commander-in-chief; a considerable quantity of naval 

 stores, and some treasure. The loss on the Chileno side was 15 killed 

 and fifty wounded. 



Although Lord Cochrane was not able to complete the whole of 

 his plan, the success he had gained surpassed all that had ever been 

 done or imagined in those seas ; and, indeed, if we except his own 

 actions in the service of his own country j-, no age or nation has 



: The Hyperion and Macedonia had hoisted lights to distinguish them as neutrals. 

 A midshipman of the Hyperion was standing on the gangway looking on, and seeing 

 Lord Cochrane's noble bearing, clapped his hands in congratulation, and exclaimed, " Well 

 and Englishly done !" Captain S. reprimanded him, ordered him below, and threatened 

 to put him under arrest ! Had Lord Cochrane been an enemy, a generous man would 

 have felt with the midshipman; — but a neutral and a countryman ! — The Macedonia 

 behaved very differently. 



f See the English Gazettes, of Aug. 1801, for the taking of the Spanish zebeck by 

 the Speedy, in 1801 ; and from that time to Basque Roads, a series of exploits, of which 

 every Englishman is proud. 



