John Marshall

“ Captain Mudge, therefore, made every disposition for action, which began at 11 A.M., and lasted about forty-five minutes; the frigates constantly within hail of each other, running large under easy sail; the 22-gun ship on the Blanche’s starboard quarter, and the other vessels close astern of her. The British frigate had by this time become ungovernable, her sails being totally destroyed, and her rigging cut to pieces; she had also seven guns dismounted, six feet water in the hold, her fore and main-masts disabled by the enemy’s shot, 8 men killed and 15 wounded. ”

“ In the spring of 1801, Captain Mudge received the thanks of the British Consuls and Merchants at Lisbon and Oporto, for the services he had rendered them, by convoying a fleet from Falmouth to Portugal in safety, and for his very great activity in collecting some vessels at Viana, laden with brandy, without which the wines could not have been got ready in time to go home under his protection. About the same period he captured El Dduides, a Spanish national cutter of 8 guns and 69 men; a lugger privateer of 2 guns and 27 men ”

“ Relying on the accuracy of the Spanish charts in his possession, he ran la Constance so close to the Firgu rocks, as to oblige the strangers to pass through the inner channel, each receiving a broadside as she passed. ”