...subjection, though they were enabled occasionally by a well directed fire of musketry to annoy the enemy. The momentous struggle arrived : two of the largest...helm a-starboard, ran stem on to the first, and, by a well directed shot from his stern gun, sent the other to the bottom. The conflict now became terrible:...

...seventy-four shifted her position; the tall masts were concealed under clouds of canvass ; and the lieutciutnt became sensible that his brave captain was hastening...rescue as speedily as a slant wind would permit. The crew of the harge gave tbree hearty cheers as they witnessed the manoeuvre, and the Danes, who likewise...