by John Marshall

“ On the 11th Nov. 1810, Captain Shepheard was appointed to the Columbine brig, of 18 guns, attached to the squadron under Sir Richard G. Keats, by whom he was subsequently ordered to act as captain of the Alfred 74. After commanding that ship about three months, during which she was kept cruising between Capes Trafalgar and Spartel, he returned to the Columbine, and served under the orders of Rear-Admiral Legge, on the Cadiz station, until the close of 1811. ”

“ On the 8th June, in the same year, being then on the coast of Syria, and in sight of an enemy’s squadron under Mons. Gantheaume, he captured la Prudente armed transport, from Toulon bound to Alexandria, laden with ammunition and artificers’ tools; and having on board upwards of 100 persons, including troops and comedians.
At the renewal of hostilities, in 1803, Lieutenant Shepheard was appointed to tiie command of the Basilisk gun-brig, in which vessel he was repeatedly engaged with the Boulogne flotilla, and the land batteries in that neighbourhood. ”

“ He then returned to the Spanish coast, and contributed in no slight degree to the preservation of the survivors of Sir John Moore’s army, the whole of whom, “in consequence of the arrangements made by Commissioner Bowen and the other agents for transports, were embarked with an expedition that has seldom been equalled.” His services on this memorable occasion were duly acknowledged by Lieutenant-General Hope, in that officer’s official account of the battle of Corunna, dated on board the Audacious, Jan. ”