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The batteries protected them whilst the boats advanced ; and the beach being lined with soldiers, our gallant fellows had to face difficulties not so easily surmounted. No sooner did the Frenchmen in the batte- ries observe that our men had taken possession of one of their vessels, than they opened a fire upon her, not caring one straw for their own men. It was therefore impossible to bring out any of the vessels, for the fire became so hot directly the fiag was down, that the diffi- culty of u...nhooking the boat was not to be overcome ; and the boats ultimately returned, having lost one hundred and seventy-two men, without one vessel to show us a victory. It happened that when one of the boats of Parker's division succeeded in getting on board one of these porcupines, the French made a more than usually obstinate resistance. They defended her manfully, and were cheered and encouraged by a stout-looking fellow, who BEN BRACE. 107 fought like a tigress in defending her cubs. At last, after many a wound given and re- ceived, the whole surrendered but the man who had gallantly stood foremost.
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