by John Marshall

“ He next became senior lieutenant of the Constance 24, Captain Anselm John Griffiths, employed in the blockade of the river Elbe; and subsequently first of the Gibraltar 80, in which ship he continued from the summer of 1805 until the promotion that took place after Lord Gambier’s court-martial in 1809; when he was advanced to the rank of commander for the conspicuous part he had borne in the night attack upon la Ville de Varsovie, French 80, and her consorts, in Aix roads, on the 11th April preceding [2] . ”

“ The two-decker alluded to by Captain Wolfe was la Ville de Varsovie, and her officers afterwards affirmed that they cut and run aground purposely to avoid the fire-vessels; we have already stated that she was destroyed on the following day; and we have only to add, that Mr. ”