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 of the prize. I beg to recommend these officers most strongly to the commander-in-Chief s patronage, for the gallantry they displayed during the action, and the skill and judgment they evinced in the anxious duties which afterwards devolved upon them.

“To Mr. Etough, the acting Master, I am much indebted for the steadiness with which he conned the ship into action. Lieutenants Johns and Law, of the marines, bravely boarded at the head of their respective divisions.

“It is utterly impossible to particularize every brilliant deed performed by my officers and men; but I must mention, when the ships’ yard-arms were locked together, that Mr. Cosnahan, who commanded in our main-top, finding himself screened from the enemy by the foot of the top-sail, laid out at the main-yard-arm to fire upon them, and shot three men in that situation. Mr. Smith, who commanded in our foretop, stormed the enemy’s fore-top from the fore-yard-arm, and destroyed all the Americans remaining in it. I particularly beg leave to recommend Mr. Etough, the acting Master; and Messrs. Smith, Leake, Clavering, Raymond, and Littlejohn, Midshipmen. The latter officer is a son of Captain Littlejohn, who was slain in the Berwick.

“The loss of the enemy was about 70 killed, and 100