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'!hnt?:UnS-?f hlS Pn,Ze ?n the otIler ?unboats and fired several
ued wiHr?USKtrStr Sthe American colors. The action contin-?v.ued with una bating seventy until 40 minutes past 12 o?clock when
^|?ermin?ted w,.th the surrender of No. 23, all the other vessels hav-
'	?USJyAr lnt? the hands of the enemy-? Lieutenants
J Redden and McKeever were also wounded, Spedden losin- an
Th^?panr 1 COnsidera^Ie number of men were killed and wounded ? Tnrlr	reports show -15 boats, with 43 cannon, engaged Capt
? Lockyer reported that on his barge, that fought Jones? boat he
; knieH'n X W?l'nded? and most of hi? officers and crew were either killed or wounded. He succeeded only by the aid of the Tonnant?s
and rUwoeundedUt; ^at^alL ,The total British loss was 17 killed and 7, wounded, including the captain and 15 officers For his
? la and MontresV?5 promoted to command of the captured flotil-a, and Montressor in temporary command, at once made use of
it to secure possession of Lake Borgne. (See Latour?s Historical
tndlT .apPend?-) The advance guard of the infantry was
Pearl river ? ?rf k * I?*11 swamPy sPot at the mouth of the if * I?A ?n .December 16, and was joined there by Maj.-Gen Keane_and Admirals Cochrane and Codrington on the next dav
the sTatifn nf t)emR1] Jfl?f the camPai?n Ship Island harbor was" the station of the Brush fleet, under Vice Admiral Cochrane, whose
anHS\fPl WfS iG ^onnant? S0 ?uns- and Rear Admirals Codrington
a seventh four Thter 01 Wh0T Carried h?S flag 0n the Roval ?ak? a seventh-tour There were three other ?seventv-fours? in this
Mississippi harbor, the Xorge, Bedford, Raminies', and Asia- the
Sivean Jh?LS,Xtri0Ur? Dl0mede of fif?.v. Gordon of forty-four,? and eleven ships whose guns were in the thirties, besides'ten others
ot interior armament. _ Some of these great men-of-war were then
or_atterwards famous m the annals of sea fighting.