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near 7 o'clock ; during the time we were
bringing the ſhip to an anchor with ſprings
on our cables, we had ſeveral men killed
and wounded, for we began to engage
in five fathom water, within piſtol ſhot
of each other : I cannot relate every par-
ticular that happened in the action, as I
had to attend my duty. Early in the ac-
tion, one of the French Eighty-fours came
from her moorings, intending to bring
along ſide of us, broad-ſide too but thank
God they were fruſtrated in their ſcheme,
for they brought up ſteem on our ſtar-
board quarter, with her jib-boom before
our Mizzen Rigging, they were not able
to bring a gun to bear on us but ſmail
arms, (by theſe however we had ſeveral
men killed) ſhe likewiſe made ſeveral at-
tempts to board us, but they were re-
pulſed with great loſs on their ſide, our
great guns did her incredible miſchief, as
every ſhot near racked her fore and aft;
ſhe remained in that ſituation near an
hour : ſhe was ſo terribly ſhattered, that
we could ſee through their bows very
plain, ſhe either cut or ſlipped her cables,
and drifted away from us, and run a-
ground : another two decker, an Eighty-
four, made an attempt to board us on our
bow, for her taffril was right under our