by John Marshall

“ I trust this circumstance will not only bespeak our extremely good fortune, but prove more strongly than I can express, that the plan of attack was well laid, and judiciously executed, by the officers and men under my orders.
“The boats gave the soldiers so little time to escape, that 4 were left on hoard, calling themselves part of the King of Rome’s body-guard, and bearing the insignia of their corps. We found the Apelles much cut up from our fire, and she afterwards sustained great damage from the enemy; she has 7 guns and most of her stores and provisions remaining on board. ”

“ The following is a copy of his official letter to Rear-Admiral Foley, reporting the recapture of the Apelles brig, May 4, 1812:–
“By a telegraphic communication from the Castilian, on the afternoon of the 3d, at Dungeness, learned that H.M. sloops Skylark and Apelles” (Captains James Boxer and Frederick Hoffman) “were on shore to the westward of Boulogne; and as the, fate of the Apelles was, in particular, extremely uncertain, I weighed, with the Rinaldo” (Captain Sir William George Parker) “in company, steering towards the French coast, in the hope of rendering her some assistance. ”