David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

“ Some Danes, who belonged to the Amazon frigate, went to Captain Riou, and telling him what they had heard, begged that he would get them exchanged into a ship bound on some other destination. They had no wish (they said) to quit the British service; but they entreated that they might not be forced to fight against their own country. There was not in our whole navy a man who had a higher and more chivalrous sense of duty than Riou. ”

“ From the very intricate nature of the navigation, the Bellona and Russel unfortunately grounded, but (although not in the situation assigned them) yet so placed as to be of great service. The Agamemnon could not weather the shore of the Middle, and was obliged to anchor; but not the smallest blame can be attached to Captain Fancourt; it was an event to which all the ships were liable. ”