by John Marshall

“ Banantyne, master’s-mate, in the boats, went to bring her out, while the marines under Lieutenants Burton and Campbell, of that corps, admirably maintained a covering position on the mole-head, against a party of French troops, who disputed the post with them. ”

“ On the 20th of April, 1812, Lieutenant Shaw assisted at the capture and destruction of a French national schooner and twenty merchant vessels, near the mouth of the Rhone; [2] and on the 23d of June following, he commanded the boats of the Volontaire, at the capture of a felucca, la Colombe, mounting one long gun and eight swivels, with a complement of 45 men. ”