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1816 England and the Barbary States 408

Ships First lieutenants. Loss. Powder. Round-shot.
K. W. lbs. No.
Queen-Charlotte Peter Richards 1st        
F. T. Mitchell 2d

8

131

30424

* 4462

J. W. Cairnes 3d        
Impregnable J. B. Babington 1st

50

160

28800

6730

Roger Hall 2d        
Superb Ph. Thicknesse Horn

8

84

* 23200

* 4500

Minden Joseph Benj. Howell

7

37

24536

4710

Albion Robert Hay

3

15

* 22520

* 4110

Leander Thomas Sanders

17

118

21700

3680

Severn James Davies

3

34

* 12910

* 2920

Glasgow George M'Pherson

10

37

* 13460

* 3000

Granicus John Parson

16

42

* 9960

* 2800

Hebrus E. Holling. Delafosse

4

15

9780

2755

Infernal John Foreman

2

17

   

Total British loss

128

690

   
Melampus

3

15

   
Diana

6

22

   
Dageraad

...

4

 

10148

Frederica

...

5

   
Amstel

4

6

146119

 

Total

Dutch loss

13

52

   

Allied loss

141

742

   

As soon as daylight came, Lord Exmouth despatched Lieutenant Burgess with a flag of truce and a note to the dey, repeating the demands of the preceding forenoon ; and the bombs were at the same time ordered to resume their positions, to be ready to renew the bombardment of the city in case of a noncompliance. The Algerine officer who came off to meet the boat, and who had been captain of one of the frigates that had been destroyed, declared that the answer had been sent on the preceding day, but that no boat was to be found to receive it. On this subject, Mr. Salamé says: " When we opened over the mole-head, I saw, as I thought, a boat coming out, which I supposed was that of the captain of the port, and told his lordship of it ; but, on looking with a glass, we found the mistake." * The fact of the boat's departure was, however, confirmed by the captain of the port himself, when, in an hour or two afterwards, he came off with the Swedish consul, to acquaint the British admiral that all his terms would be agreed to.

On the 29th, at 10 a.m., the captain of the port again came

* Narrative of the Expedition to Algiers, &c., p. 37.

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