by John Marshall

“ On this occasion, the Victor’s first Lieutenant (H. Blaxton) and 5 of her crew were killed outright; her commander, gunner, and 24 men, either wounded by the weapons of ihe Malays, or dreadfully injured by the explosion: Captain Bell himself was so much burnt that he was obliged to be taken below; and most of the wounded men died after the Victor’s arrival at Penang. ”

“ The prisoners instantly seized their arms, and picked up several spears and knives which hud been thrown on board, and attacked the ship; by this time (eight P.M.) the fire, most providentially, by the great exertions of officers and men, was got under, proas cut adrift, and the attention of all hands directed to the defence of the ship, which was admirably performed, for in little more than half an hour eighty of them lay dead in a most mangled state, the rest driven overboard ”

“ At five P.M., on its falling calm, we anchored, hoisted out our boats, and sent them armed to bring the proas alongside; two were brought to the larboard-side, the other hung on the quarter: got the prisoners out of the two alongside (amounting to near 120) , and placed a strong guard over them, under the direction of Lieutenant Wemyss [2] , as I intended sending them away, after overhauling their cargoes. ”