The Life And Services of Captain Philip Beaver Late of His Majestys Ship Nisus
The Life And Services of Captain Philip Beaver Late of His Majestys Ship Nisus
Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-1943
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Accordingly we find that, on the 31st of August, he was detached with the Nisus, his two consorts, the President and Phoebe, and the Hesper, to attack Cheribon, Taggal, and Samarang, and to cut off the enemy's retreat from Meestcr Cornelius to the eastward ; services which the Admiral, in oiiicially reporting* to have been performed by these ships, pronounces "of the greatest importance to the ultimate result of the campaign. " The strength of the squadron was increased by the marines of the Li...on ; and a party of well- disciplined sepoys, whose courage and fidelity had already been well tried in India. Arriving off the first point of attack, the Com- modore sent a summons, couched in spirited and ciricient terms, giving the garrison five minutes to consider them, and threatening signal retaliation, should the least injury be done to the public ])r()- perty in the mean time. The subsequent events may be given in his own words : — " September 4th. — At daylight I sent Captain Warren with a flag of truce to summons the for- tress, and immediately afterwards got the s(jua- 238 THE LIFE OF dron under sail^ and ran into three fathoms and a quarter water.
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