Edward Nicolls boarding the Albion, 5 November 1803
Original illustration from British Battles on Land and Sea by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Company circa 1880. Info from wiki: It was during his early career, during the Napoleonic Wars, that Nicolls earned his reputation as "Fighting Nicolls", for as an officer on small ships, he was engaged in numerous fierce actions on small boats and at gun batteries.[3] On 5 November 1803, during the blockade of Saint-Domingue, Lieutenant Nicolls took a 12-man cutting-out party in the cutter from HMS Blanche and captured the French cutter Albion from under the battery at Monte Christi. Albion had a crew of 43 men and was armed with two 4-pounder guns and six swivel guns. The British lost two dead, and two wounded including Nicolls.[8] In single combat, the French captain wounded Nicolls severely with a pistol shot before himself being killed.
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