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Van began to fire as did all the Line, and 47 past noon the Action became general--do the Signal for Ablose Line--at 3/4 past noon the Van & Center very close to the Enemy most vigorously engaged, at 13m pt One the Pluton, shot away the Main loft mast of the Enemy's Van ship, and her main yard came down upon Deck-- at 12 past the Triumphant made the Signal for the 2 Squadron to haul the Wind together, at which time the English ships that had lost her topmast bore up before the Wind-- at 4m past 2 the firing ceased, when part of the English ships bore up, which made us shink they hade suffered which-- [[underline]] [[foreign: French]] maltraitée [[/foreign]] [[/underline]] we then saw that they had 39 or 40 ships at least, 5 of which or three Decks, and we were all but 30-- The St. Esprit at Martinique 2 ships with the Convoy-- the Auguste with another whose name is not known were not in Action-- those that were distinguished themselves most gallantly-- The Triumphant, and the Pluton signalized themselves the best, The Pluton engaged during two hours with a ships of 80 Guns whom he made lean up-- The Harquis de Vandeville performed the most gallant maneuvres that Coulot possibly be done-- having bore up three times in the Fire, but finding himself so Gall'd by his opponent and three others that attack'd him, that he would have been cut up, had he not Sacked, In doing which [[catchword]] he [[/catchword]]
