CONERl[1TLON

The following letters from st. Do
mingo confirm the above ;idIn85:
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nc LOIOWIl1 ICltCio AlOui ~ DO-
mingo confirm the above ,idIn85:
"Chy If ST. Dsmi193 FtbG.


"On the 9th, at day light, ~ In
glifh feet hove in fight, in s. E.
AS numbers Of he French were on
fhore, it was 7 o'clock before the
French got underway. They con-
fitted of five fail Of the line, two fri
gates, and one corvette. At nine
the French line was formed, their
,frigates inlhore. At -, the leading
Englifh fhip, the Dragon, Of TX
guns, Ad. Duckworth, commenced
firing OH the French and proceeded.
intirely alone, to break the line, and
fucce6dcd, the whole French line fl
ring upon him, tor;at leaR 20 min
utes, before the ref Of the Britith,
fix fail of the line) came up. The
French Admiral in the fnoke, mift2-
king lie Alexander, for Britlih ihip,
fred into, diimaitcd her, and render
cd her ufeIefS,


/" Two Englifh 8A's engaged the
French Admiral, beat the ports Of
the middle and upper deck into one
70 that the deck from the main
hatchway forward fell in, and cruh /,
ed many poor fellows 20 pieces =
The French Admiral was wounded, !,
and finding it imponible to efcape,
run the lie Imperlalc on the rocks to
leeward Of the city. The Diomedc,
Of "a, followed his example; The
other hips fruck, and were taken by
the Britifh.


call the French fhiPs fought
bravely, excepting Le Brave, Of IA
guns, and ihe Rruck the third broad


Gde. It's faid not more than gao
Of lie ImPeriaps crew, which con.
fitted Of 1850, can be found The
Diomede had 25o killed before fhe
went aihore and many were drow-
ned and killed in attempting to climb
the rocks.


"The Englilh fhi7s fufered very


much in their hulls and rigging ;


and though they captured the enemies


vellcls, have not much 10 brag Of.
| iaw the whole Of the engagement


from the city,


q The relult Of this battle is for


tunate for US as the French were


going town to PiuDder and burn the


slack ports; when many Americans


would have been taken and condem-


ned.


+" There is an Englilh feet now


OF and there feems to have be auo-


ther battle, to windward, as there is


a French dhmaicd line Of battle


lnips of the harbour and an En-


9lifh feet came in fight this day, one,
Of which had loft her mizen-maS.