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I if -ncfr usually pay to tke laws of nations, when they are
I (fefll-d of afu peri or force, or find it convenient to dlf-
I nfe with such obligations, and in this our expectations
I pC r e not Jifappointed, for with much courage and seem-
I * e determination the French Commodate led on within
I ! n / 0 cables length of the MWnmouth, Jupiter, and Hero,
I alfimt the Diana, Terror bimb, and Ijrtfcrnal fireftiip, who
I by without the rest of the Chips ; here he hoisted his broad
I pendant, and displayed the French colours ; he then hauled
I upnis courses, and fired two (hot at the Isis from his Hr-
H ar d bow as heluffeJup, and immediately after permit-
I ting his (hip to (hoot up in the wind, as far as the force
■ with which the ftiip was failing enabled her, he diopt his
H a r.chor abreafl of the Monmouth, and began to fire away
I >m ong the /hips as fall as he could di(charge and load ; his
I fails however were (till flying about in great confufion, f
I { ),at his spring on the cable diJ not hold when the (hip
■ v . as checked to bring up, and he drove abreast of the Hero.
B After the two guns mentioned above had been difcliarged
I w ith (hot, the fire from his Majefty’* (hips opened upon
■ fiie enemy with great power and effett.
I The next French (hip which followed their Commodore
I anchored ahead of him ; the third endeavoured to pass
through for the Romney, but being unable to weather the
different (hips, he anchored astern of his Commodore, and
continued there for a (hurt space, driving about with his
fails loose, until he boarded the Fortitude and Hichinbrook
East India (hips, and then went to sea. The fourth lhip
run on different lines, luffing and beating up as he palled
among the (kiri of our (hips, and receiving fire
as he failed along, but great confufion alloj
and at hft, with much difficulty, he wore clear of the reef
on the weft point without us.
The fifth (hip run among the merchant vessels also, fir
ing at all, and attempting to board two or three as he puf
fed along, without success.
In a quarter of an hour after *he firft gun fcveral of our
East India (hips had recovered the alarm, and were firing
rt the enemy; and fume -es - them i- well dire Cte J dines- j.
two or three however had (truck their colours, and thrown
the Company’s packets overboaid, and others prudently
to (ea.
The iemney could only fire in two openings, and this
onjer a p.ecifion which was cautLoufty observed; neither
could lhe veer away cable to open a larger space. as trie
Jason lay right astern of her. Seeing the Romney .wiV
like to4i.Vv*'iitt!e fliart;iu thee*{jiwg< tV-fikiu ■
“board thw Hero. Gen, Meadowsand Capt.Vfhem i n il -led ~
they (howl'd accompany me, with a degree <pf
and good humour whictTl could not It is-plcafant
to be near the General at all time*, bii? on the day of
battle that fatisfadion is felt in a peculiar deg-ref. We
were received by Capt. Hawker with as cheerful and ass-
abiC civility as if we had come to dinner, while the Hero
■ aweful, heavy idifeharge of artillery.
red upon a furprize, and the nature of
we were engaged rendered ui liable to
:t upon the whole, until the enemy
’ nothing on our part bat fteadv, cool,
* *
ehlonmouth, kept up a well dire Tei
fife,” ;'/ V
, Paflc y worked hard from the beginning of the
bufmefs, and had got a fpHng on his cable, by which ef
fort every (hot told from the jWiter.
The French Commodore ndi*-found h‘s situation tiio
ht, and he cat his cable in three charters of an hour
went away through the (hips, as his aftern hud done
before him ; the other ahead was now left behind, an ob
ject to be fired at by ad the lhips in our could eet
guns to bear upon hi n. In this situation he remained for
J 5 minutes, hardly firing a gun during the w& time:
such a fpectade of diffrefs 1 never before beheld. \
lam fatisfied mvfelf he (truck his colours, and*that they
were not merely (hot away, as fome al'edge; and this I
believe, because different fliins thought he (truck at the
fame time } but it was iropoflible to get all the (hips to
t £ J * c at ° ncc 5 and o p 2 gun being afterwards dis
charged from !*, , lhip. the firing began ,*,!# even
from such of our (hips as had left off.
Whether his cable was (hot away, or he cut the cable,
1 cannot Jay , but off the (hrp went round upon the heel
her (tern fall.ngclofe to the broadside of the Isis; her ma(h
were tottenng, her yards were hanging different ways, her
fails were flying about m rags and full of holes. First fell
the mizen-maft, next went the main-mast, and lafilv the
fore mai and outer end of the bowsprit tumbled in the
water.
Jl'flfX returned t 0 the Romne y>*" and £ rlg
ra! foi: all t-aptains, and after hearing the condition oF
every ftip, I directed th* men of war to cut and Hip as fall
as they could get to sea, to follow up the viftorv with
orders to make any India <hi P s who lay in their waj 'to m
their cables also, that they Aaight not” be ™
I ordered the merchant ftips to lie fail and repair their
images until we joined them again, P
As soon as the Jason was out of the wav the
was call by a spring on the cable, and Ihe went out tofca
tinder the acclamations of the whole fleet.
‘ le up i t . er inftant, y Allowed, and we run between our
Mattered ship, and the enemy. Perceiving n-kh” Z
b^h n 7tK he ?'*?* ?***ӣ an - V f, S ns Mow, Chough
both of them lay m clear births for so doing, their fevefal
A’!' 1 s ‘J rer * made * The Diana answered, and soon after
ollowed ; but although gun after gun was fired to enforce
he signal to tall out the Isis, Ihe (till remain -! wirh„ ►
thl H RnS ° f obcJicnce t 0 m y then abroad. At bft
Si ff Hero r Ca , mC Undcr our ftern > with a menage from Cant -
5 1 . 0n * fa y ,n S that his malls and ‘yards, and fails and’
S' 12 ; W€re /° woun,led ll > he could not come out
.a* 2rsar , - thcm > but that hc as
My answer was, all this is no excuse for difobevih*
Sutt ° n s , P, B nal . wa * therefore again enforced bv an
•^.■.ft.:ri th r h’, n J ‘ < 'dd a J y . hil *‘“ f ' vtri " g fIJSi and
U tow’ - n<l “ken the dif.fcled (hip
pelted w .UoTof'l'l “’im T “ nder “ r <™. "<* re
cuUrfy rite wanl tl f _ ‘’. r dlftrcfs aod her damages, parti-
Captain Wbih I told
ahrTaff T. * raia L ft to bfar “P tn a of battle
! tr; f f J ll ,nftaht thc lih ,6ft her sore-top-mast a
ve4h^t°pfai -yard wh'ch yard was not injured by the
(all, nor was die fad hurt, or any other damage fuflained,
dpfcZftd alndfcT. “ WOrkinS, thefer, : t °P^ l bei **
I immediately (hortfned fail to give time to the Isis to
minute ’ 6 Wr<ick> wbieb was dt>ue ia half an hour or 40
This increased our distance from the enemy. As food
as I uw the Isis could make fail, I bore up and set the
(o.e-.aal, and made the signal for the line abreast. When
we came near the enemy, I found the Isis and Monmouth
had dropt astern between two and three miles, though
both of them fail much better than the Romnev. Their
(ignals were therefore made to call them to their ftatiom;
the Monmouth Immediately answered, and made, fail ac
cordingly, but the Isis mil kept behfeid.
Bythele various obftrudtioris and delays, added to *
(bong lee current, the enemy had drawn us far to leeward
o( bt. Jago. The fun was set; the ft a had increased; I
tould not propose a dccifive aftion in the night. If I fol-.
lowed until daylight my profpeas were great and tempting,
but I muff thrn deteritiine to leave my convoy in diftrefc,
and (eparate from the troops, without any fixej determi
nation concerning them or their detonation; and ! muff
alfj have rel.nquiihed the objeft of the orefent expedition;
because, after getting so tar to leeward that we could not
fetch the lflands of Bravo or Fogo, it is a well kndwn fa &
IvJ 10 A,p “” bc - t “P a P* in<l the N - E* wfhds and the
b. W. currents which alwdvs prevail here, much less after
luch an action as muff be expefled.
Qlll the other hand, if the principal force of the enemy
(hould arrive before us at thc place of our deffination, it
ra !f., 1 P™* e equally fatal to the objed of the expedition.
I he dilemma was great indeed, and I felt the cruel ft
tuation w'itn an anguiih which I never before experienced;
but arter maturely weighing the fubjcdl in all its confe
-th.P.fe persons on whose judgment T nioff
cfinndencc, 1 thought rayfeif bound to return to join the
lhips un -cr my protedtion, and t pursue the objedt of the
expedition, it being mo prohibc that the enemy muff
fend offtwo of their difabted (hips of war to .the
Weft Indies, in which case I (hail have a superior naval
force,, or they muff fmch at the firazilj for water and re.
pa.nj and peril ips'they wiii be obliged to do both :in ei-
dayiwe rertok Sl Fafl'lndla (hiT
renhm ‘: n p andihave learnt from them
that the fqu.idron Xv.rich attadleed us was *compofed of
Le Heros 74., M. de Suffiein, Brigaaijer des Armes,
“ Ctraad Commander He Maite. ■
LiAimibiJ -74, M. de Tmig-r, Csnitaine de Vaiffeau.
L Artenen 64, M. de Cardaiihc, Cb-vaiier de Malte.
Le Sphynx 64, M. dfeDuchilloo, C"ar-itaine de Vaiffeau.
’ d^V^ffcu 64 ’ M ’ k ChcvaliCr de forbin * Capitaine
La Foitune 16, Corvette.
M. de Castries, Commandant de I’Armee de Terre.
Regiment de Pondicherry, deux battalion*.
Uccichment riu Regiment d'Affrafie.
4 Wtffeaux de* Indus, *4*. “ -
I• Lc Eri on, -j
l. L's Trois Amis / rt <inc l Vaiffcaux de transport
3. L'lfte de France f A . ri . nee Pn fl4te;~jll doubled
4* Pondicherry j'vitii ut ; pper.
The h’.tnnib.il WK, the li? which was difmaaffed; the
roic. in, and 1 offered damages next in proportion to the
Hmn bU; the Artclirn, Sphynx, and Vengeur carnet
ac ; ts th ey are B 5 ned, but the Hff date did „? t r i
cerve much imurv Tb 0,,.,- c , . noc re ”
line, three of which are of three decks, bound to Marts!
road, and M. Suffrein to acuuainr h*
tl’k h3t 04an^- or4ere(i th cm to prepare for
and being afkcd by M. Cajrdaillac, the Captain of
tae ArtelK-n, what they %>uld do if the Portuguese forts
After an aftkm of such a lengih, in such a situation m
fmoothwater, with large fiiips so near each other it i.
iurprizins to find how few men have be<n killed, and whit
flight damages his Majesty‘s (hips have reived. h
The Monmouth, lying within a cable’s length, had
Tife? r* u’ lcd ’ a;d onl y flx wounded.
i*e Jupiter had two wounded.
1 hs Isis had four killed and five wounded.
The Romney had seven wounded; and the other IWn
according to the lift iuclofed. er (hips
The Jason and Latham East India (hios wha .u
fiirthefi diffance from the enemy, had four killed *
wounded,; among the number of the killed is Lieut kr • I u
ot the jafon, a bra.e ,„<f worthy officer! ***
Several of the East India (hips have fuffered in k •
mailt, yards, and rigging,- but nothing that will imoede
feturiry WhlCll C “"‘ >t U r 'P aircd *• here wi!h
The fate of the Infernal fire/hip and Terror hnmka
S’' 1 ’ particularly related: They had come from the ’
(lc ol May two days before, and lay to the eaftw nd
out all the (hips, notwithstanding my
had been ftnftly given, and punctually communicated, f 0 ?
hul fprurij f
1 “/p^ e ciinHt e ed C f7tod r o b y °Caft’
f-lil’ ° f ~ h . '. ,ki P> .gnin followed her In this m?
Can &ni ky -'“’ ftt at th ’ Tirw, T t
£& r uld > ot
fa*U, and ffided off in that (battered condition. ° ra ’ fta> ‘ j
ihe nrefhip went to sea and was taken bv the l 1
what means I cannot relate • k„. 1 v he enemy, by
believe the war afterw!,d ! c ,k L V’’ ,c,fm ‘
or retaken by ee“ £ h ‘ h ’ “”r
leeward, andlanding t3ward. J u “rtT r-a"’
vases and answering L s abroad hc t' Ml S u p'‘(iS
The Fortitude India (hip behaved with uncomniorl
bravery ; (he was boarded by the’Artefien, who fired maay
guns into her; several of the enemy’s crew jumped <f
bdard the Fortitude; yet, ill. this situation, Capt. jen
> Jcimoft, of the 98th regiment, kept up a conffant fire with
fraall arms; several of the enemy were (hot on the (hrouds,
and two were forced overboard and taken up again- into tho
ForntuJe, after the two (hip* had separated.
’ <1 ’ hc Hinchinbrook was also miserably cut and mafigleff
by the Artefien before (he was taken.
Maay of the dthei’ India (hips fuffered considerable da
ma S> £ art,c “ lar . Lor<l North,'Offaly, and Asia ;
and the Edward viauailer was nearly funk and carried oot
to (ea, though afterwards abandoned.'”
’ ‘ w ith great difficulty, after turning many days,’ we re
covered this bay with the Fortitude, and we towed
Hinchinbrook and Edward. > u * “ tOWed m the
’ Every poflible exertion has been used since to re P afr the
various damages which -the (hips had sustained,
whole convoy are now as compleatiy refitted as
(lances will allow; In the execution of which fervicel ans
chiefly indebted to the indefatigable attention of Capt.
I afiey, whose zea on this and dvery otiicr occafioni wiA
may be represented to his Majesty. Wim •
; . T * add . toi ° ur embarrassments, the Porto sloop, whu
joined us that day we got back, ran foul of the Hero and
loft her fore-mart and bowfpi it. - *** * and
Sss Ipul1 pul Capt " SuMra of K
Since writing the above account the Infernal firelhin ha*
joined us. *1 he enemy had abandoned her on our approach,
havmg taken away Capt. Darby and five fe*nen,
fold.ers of the 98th regiment. • / ,
Lieut. Hamilton has been ever since turning up to gala
the con-
Sf r“ foft u? ned ,itt,e or no ‘^mige.
wth tbefe dlfpatches. I am, with the greatest refpea.
My Lord, - ‘ *
V’our Lordlhip’s mod obedient,
and mod humble servant,
tht Ki:hd ani I/Vmd'ln
♦
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W":rr- b ? T- aa . pafla th.
VV 2j day of August I all, entitled. An Aft,
for fo/ther amendmg an Aft for conflituting
dividing the several OiAnfts and Divisions of this
Province into Pariflies. and for eAabliflin K c f reli
gious Worflup therein according to the Rites
and Ceremonies of the Church of England :
and afo for empowering the Church-warden*
and Vcftry-men.of the refpeftive Parilhes to
assess Rates for the Repair of the Churches, the
Relief of thc rodr, anti other parochial Services f
-and for enlarging the Publiclc Burying Ground at
Savannah, and inclofing the fame j” ,’/ i, EtuzStJ
T’hat it (hall and may be lawful to and for the Rec*
tor or officiating Clergyman, Church-wardens, and
Vestrymen, of the parilh of Christ Church, or the
majority of them, to raise such a sum and sums of
money m the said parUh, notice thereof beinv firlt
g.ven in the Gazette, as (ball be require asid ne
ceUary for all or any of the services in the (aid aft
mentioned, provided the fame shall not yearly #r
iri any one year, exceed the sum of one hundred
and twenty pounds lawful money of Great Britain
by an equal tax*, to be affdfed, <olleded, and le
vied, in the mariner and agreeable to the direftiona
of the before recited adl.
Notice is hereby given, That the Church war-’
dens and VeAry men for the pmfl, of Christ
Chifrch, by virtue of the aforefaid aft, have order
ed that the following sums (to be paid in gold and
hlver at the present current rates) (ball be levied
and aliened on the inhabitants of the laid parifli to
The dim of FodrpenCe upon every slave, Four
pence upon every 100 acres of land ; Seven Shil- ?
lings and Sixpence oti every improved lot within
the town of Savannah, Ewen/burgh, Troftees
Gardens, and Yamacraw, vand on the hamlew
thereunto belonging , Two Shillings on every lot
unimproved within the limits aforefaid j Fourpencef
lor°fa]e VCry l6ol ’ VaIUC ° f Aack ° f gotxis on
By Consent of the Vestry-
1 Church
jOSJAH TATTNALL, J wardens.-
v ‘ ‘-jf V: - - • ‘* - I I ‘
, - ” — —
, r
JEL A Negro-Fellowj
ho fays his name is JULY, and
Xiongs to WiJlidVn Johnson,
jm ff who joined the Rebels two or thre6
mv y# years pad.
THOMSON.
~ . ...*.'**
TAKEN UP on thq Ogerhee road sass (Sun
day, A SORREL| HORSE, with a bridle
?k •’!? b c 0 ?i brapded ph tHe near
thigh ID. Whoever owns said hbrfe may have
ham by applying to ; BENJAMIN ANSLEY.
Savannah, Sept. 2f, 17^1.
V ttewronm*
•t tb* PrißtiHf (ftjfict.