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up a fire of two hours, which was returned with much spirit, at the end of that

time we had driven the Pirates

driven the Pirates from

their Guns

into a

fire

and

got

our own!

RRockets

good position, but a constant

Gingalls,

and on

was still Kept up from the Lower decks of the Sunks with Rifles, Double barrelled Guns and our making any important movement they returned to their Guns - The night- was now setting in; so I

I left Lieutenant

Murray with 30 Marines and the

Rocket party to hold the position whilst if any thing conca be done towards getting the ship further in, and to make the necessary arrangements to prevent their escape

I returned on board to see

the

during sufficiently.

night; as soon as it was -

dark the Pirates leegan to move

their vessels, but the constant fire kept- up by the shore party, made them relinquish the attempt, they then tried to land their Guns, in which they suffered

great losses, and finally they abandoned

the Tunks a little before day light 15th instant having

on the

succeeded in Carrying

off only & small Guns out of forty-five

Our casualties were

few considering the

we were under and the.

heavy fire behaviour of

throughout

the cheerful

the

Officers

ana Men

was cool and decided, and

manner in which the

on

Operation was carried

for thirty hours

without time for reet and seareely for