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Updated: May 23, 2025

From the time the Cæsar cut her cable, she and the Audacious were constantly engaged with the Indomptable, Meuron, and island batteries, and occasionally with the Dessaix, as they could bring their guns-to bear; but the perpetual flaws of wind rendered this very difficult, and exposed them frequently to a severe and raking fire from the enemy.

Sir John Ross - Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I