This text was obtained via automated optical character recognition.
It has not been edited and may therefore contain several errors.

---

MISSISSIPPI
2G7
the guns of Ins prize on the other gunboats and fired several shot previous to striking the American colors. The action contin-ued with u nab a ting- severity until 40 minutes past 12 o?clock, when -,|t terminated with the surrender of No. 23, all the other vessels hav-
SnLPH%VI0USHyAr ilUO the hands of the enemy-? Lieutenants V Spedden and McKeever were also wounded, Spedden losing an
; 17"?aind \ considerable number of men were killed and wounded ..The British reports show 45 boats, with 43 cannon, engaged. Capt'
^er r'P?rted !hat his bar^ that fought Jones? boat, he was severely wounded and most of hi? officers and crew were either killed or wounded. He succeeded only by the aid of the Tonnant?s
' anrf 7"U ^Ut; ^atHa11- The total British loss was 17 killed . and 7i wounded, including the captain and 15 officers. For his victory Lockyer was promoted to command of the captured flotil-- la, and Montressor,_ in temporary command, at once made use of ?frC?re,possess!on,of Lake Borgne. (See Latour?s Historical : T?lr ai?,d aPPend>>0 The advance guard of the infantry was
p" . rl ? anX f ? a S?a11 swampy spot at the mouth of the Pearl river, on December 1G, and was joined there bv Maj.-Gen keane and Admirals Cochrane and Codrington on the next dav
?thf?aHnn rn'Hempm- fr?0f the camPai?n ShiP ^land harbor was" ' ? tl0n 01 tlle Brtish fleet, under Vice Admiral Cochrane, whose
WfS i6 ^onnant- S0 &uns> Rear Admirals Codrington
Tseventv	TlttCr 01 Wh?'u Carried his fla* on the RovaI ^k,
a seventy-tour There were three other ?seventv-fours? in this
n?c5?niPP- -a:	ther,Xor^e? Bedford, Raminies, and Asia; the
Seven sh<in,SIXthy'I0UI?? Dl?mede of fifty> Gord?n of fortv-four, and eleven ships whose guns were in the thirties, besides'ten others
or interior armament. Some of these great m^-of-war were hen
or anerwards tamous in the annals of sea fighting
.K.r>
							rot TT	f! *T?			tryy.	11? 1	1			vt\	?arar			~T		?			?				
																													
																													
					?									*