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Bomb-ketches made off with full sails. In
order to disturb them in their retreat, the
advanced - guard o f our Gun - boats pur
sued them and kept up a strong, fire. Our
ships continued in the mean time to fire
upon the Tand-battery. — In consequence
of the Reports, which aTe come in, we ha ve
reason to believe, that the Enemy had suf
fered much. Our lofs has been 8 or 9 k il
led and 10 or 12 wounded.
Some of tire
«hips have suffered more or lefs, but they
w ill be repaired again to morrow. It de
serves to be remarked, that the English,
besides their Bombs, threw a kind o f rocket,
which civilized nations never made use o f
before. The latest accounts, received from
the Crown-battery, mentions, that they fired
this day on the Enemy’s ships, and from
hence one could see with a glafs, several
ships o f the English ready to sink, and their
Bomb-ketches in a bad condition.
On this occasion one o f the Danish
Praams got seven shuts in her hu ll, only
having one man killed and three wounded.—-
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