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gott so near them, as plainly to discover, they were French Ships, and two if not three of them, of the Line, And as they then saw what we were, they steered for the very narrow and unfrequented Channel between Porto Rico, and the little Island of Lachio; in which four were overtaken. Between two and three in the Afternoon, the Monarch began an Action with the nearest Ship of the Enemy, and the Belliqueux was close after her when they were taken aback, and by baffling winds fell astern, which the French Ship though within point Blank Shot carried a little Breeze, but the Valiant attacking her she soon struck, and Capt Goodall immediately pushed after another of the Line, not far from her which made a gallant defence for an hour, and then struck, her Commander finding he could not succeed in his endeavours of running her on shore — About this time the Magnificent took L’ Aimable, a very fine large coppered Frigate whose Captain resisted full half an hour, and almost at the same moment the Champion took the Ceres a very elegant little coppered ship, late His Majesty’s sloop Ceres close to the shore — The fifth separated in the forenoon, and steered to the Westward, which the Warrior was directed to pursue, [[catchword]] and [[/catchword]]
