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by William James |
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408 ENGLAND AND THE BARBARY STATES 1816
| Ships | First lieutenants. | Loss. | Powder. | Round-shot. | ||
| K. | W. | lbs. | No. | |||
| Queen-Charlotte | Peter Richards 1st | |||||
| F. T. Mitchell 2d |
8 |
131 |
30424 |
* 4462 |
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| 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 |
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Total British loss |
128 |
690 |
||||
| Melampus |
3 |
15 |
||||
| Diana |
6 |
22 |
||||
| Dageraad |
... |
4 |
10148 |
|||
| Frederica |
... |
5 |
||||
| Amstel |
4 |
6 |
146119 |
|||
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Total |
Dutch loss |
13 |
52 |
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Allied loss |
141 |
742 |
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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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