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All this time, you must understand, we had been blazing away at each other as fast as we could bring our guns to bear. The `Minerve' at last ranged ahead clear of us, but we continued firing, till the `Lowestoff, seeing how hard pressed we were, came up to our assistance, and tackled the Frenchman.
In a few minutes, so actively did she work her guns, that she had knocked away the enemy's foremast and remaining topmast. As the `Minerve' could not now possibly escape, we threw out a signal to the `Lowestoff' to chase the `Artemise, which instead of coming to the assistance of her consort was making off.
Meanwhile Monckton's brigade was starting from the Point of Levy in row-boats, the Centurion was sailing down to the mouth of the Montmorency, two armed transports were being purposely run ashore on the beach at the top of the tide, and the Pembroke, Trent, Lowestoff, and Racehorse were taking up positions to cover the boats.
At six, the breeze having eastern'd a little, and increased till it became what sailors term "pleasant," we lost sight of Lowestoff; and lastly, being this day's work, as well as for the information of all nautical men, we sounded at half-past seven on Smith's Knoll, in seven fathoms.
The `Lowestoff' had no one hurt, and so, although she certainly contributed to the capture of the prize, we gained the chief credit for the action, which, considering the difference in size between our frigate and the Frenchman, we certainly deserved. But in those days we didn't count odds. We thought that we had only to see the enemy to thrash him.
Soon after I joined her she and the `Lowestoff, thirty-two-gun frigate, were despatched by Admiral Hotham to reconnoitre the harbour of Toulon. We were on our way, when, one evening, we discovered standing towards us two large French frigates. We made the private signal, when, supposing that we were the leading frigates of the fleet, they both wore and stood away.
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