. Aaron in the wildwoods . re becalmedby the effect of the cannonade; and the Granicus,whose captain, William Furlong Wise, succeeded intaking her right in between the Queen Charlotte andSuperb—a 36-gun frigate lying in the line of battlebetween a three-decker and a 74. The Queen Charlotte fired three broadsides in thefirst six minutes; the first of them killed and wounded500 of the enemy, and all three swept the fortificationsof the Mole-head irresistibly. Seeing that she hadruined this part of the defences, she then sprangher broadside towards the pier-gate and the lighthousebattery. These w
. Aaron in the wildwoods . re becalmedby the effect of the cannonade; and the Granicus,whose captain, William Furlong Wise, succeeded intaking her right in between the Queen Charlotte andSuperb—a 36-gun frigate lying in the line of battlebetween a three-decker and a 74. The Queen Charlotte fired three broadsides in thefirst six minutes; the first of them killed and wounded500 of the enemy, and all three swept the fortificationsof the Mole-head irresistibly. Seeing that she hadruined this part of the defences, she then sprangher broadside towards the pier-gate and the lighthousebattery. These were further from her, but thegunners had been so thoroughly trained that theysoon crumbled the tower of the lighthouse andbrought down gun after gun from the the last of those guns fell an Algerine chiefwas seen to leap upon the ruins of the parapet andshake his scimitar at the ship with useless rage. EDWARD PELLEW 263 While this was going on the enemys mostdesperate stroke was being attempted; under cover. ** And shake his scimitar at the ship with useless rage of the dense smoke their gunboats came out of theharbour to board the flagship. Fortunately theLeandeVj lying exactly opposite the harbour mouth, 264 THE BOOK OF THE BLUE SEA and being fairly clear of the smoke, was able to seethem and get her guns on to them in time. Shedefeated them in a very few very exciting minutes,sinking thirty-three out of the thirty-seven. Then,as the Algerines showed no signs of surrendering,and some of his other ships were being hard pressed,Lord Exmouth determined to destroy the frigatesand corvettes inside the harbour. The Leander wasordered to cease firing, and the Queen Charlottes barge,under command of Lieutenant Richards, with MajorGossett of the Miners, Lieutenant Wolridge of theMarines, and Mr. MClintock, a midshipman, boardedthe nearest frigate and fired her with laboratorytorches and a carcase shell. She was completely inflames almost before the barges crew could ge
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