by John Marshall

“ The fire from the Sémillante and batteries had been aimed chiefly at the rigging of the two British vessels; and that it was which occasioned the Harrier’s loss to be no greater than the Phaeton’s, – two men wounded. The British stood off for the night, and at daylight on the 3d, having a fine breeze offshore, tacked and stood in to reconnoitre. They found that the Sémillante had warped close to the beach; and that, for her further protection, a six-gun battery had been erected on the north point. ”

“ The battery began firing also; and in two minutes afterwards the Harrier, being off the north point of the bay, opened her starboard broadside. Finding the water to shoal from ten to seven, and then to five and four fathoms, the brig hove to; but still continued a smart fire. At a few minutes past 3 p.m., the Phaeton got up and joined in the cannonade; and a round tower now added its fire to that of the battery at the point. The British frigate and sloop, although, from the difficulty of the navigation and the lightness of the breeze, unable to clone as they wished, continued to engage. ”

“ Commander Hole is married, but has no issue. One of his brothers, Lewis, obtained post rank in Dec. 1813; another, Henry, is a captain in the royal marines: his nephew, William Hole, was made a lieutenant for gallant conduct during the late war with America, and is now in the coast-guard service. Two of his sisters are married to medical gentlemen. ”