by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Cumby, Charles (1823)
“ We next find him third lieutenant of the Caesar 80, Captain Sir Richard J. Strachan, at the capture of four French line-of-battle ships, under Rear-Admiral Dumanoir le Pelley, Nov. 4th, 1805 [2] ; and afterwards commanding the Adrian cutter, employed in the Bay of Biscay, where he captured fourteen sail of merchantmen, and otherwise greatly annoyed the enemy’s coasting trade. ”
