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19. Eleven gun boats of 2 guns each, which retired immediately at the commence­ ment of the action. 20 . The battery of the Three Crowns, 64, eight 36 pounders, fifty-six 24 pounders, three mortars of 1501b. each, (not em­ ployed) one carronade of 96, and three of 361b. (not employed.) 21 . The Elephant, 64, ship of the line, with­ out masts. These were the only ships, and battery, with which the British fleet engaged. The Mars, a 64 gun ship, was stationed astern of the Ele­ phant, to protect the entrance of the inner roads, but did not come into action, nor did the following ships, lying in the inner roads, under the command of Commodore Steen Bille: Danmark, Steen Bille, 74, ready for sea. Tree Kroner, Riegelsen, 74, ditto Iris, Brown, 44, frigate, ditto Sarpen, FabritiusTengnagel, 18, brig, ditto Nid Elven, Gethe, 18, brig, ditto. Neither the citadel, the batteries on the new dock yard, nor those on the Island of Amack,