by John Marshall

“ Before the Danes abandoned her, they placed a lighted candle in a 12-pounder cartridge of gunpowder, in the magazine, where there was some hundred weight beside, which was happily discovered by one of our men, who immediately grasped it in his hand, and extinguished it, when it had burnt down within half an inch of the powder; another minute would, in all probability, have been the destruction of every man on board and alongside the vessel; – a dishonorable mode of warfare, necessary to be known, to be properly guarded against. ”

“ We have preserved the body of our heroic captain, and shall, if possible, also that of Mr. H. Fitzhugh (midshipman) , a fine promising youth, who fell at the time the captain did. They are the only killed; we have two men severely wounded, and several slightly. Most of our shot holes are between wind and water. ”

“ We at length brought our broadside to bear on them; one vessel was sunk, and the rest much shattered. They continued the attack for an hour and a half, and were re-manned, by small boats, during it: at length, a light air sprung up; we wore and stood to> wards the enemy, getting our bow guns forward, which bore on them, and compelled them to bear up, and row under the batteries of Bergen, where we found it would not be advisable to follow, from the general alarm that had been raised. ”