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conducted themselves bravely, because men of more established merits had not the good for­ tune to meet with a similar opportunity of dis­ playing their prowess ? Our foremost ship, the Proevesteen, was ex­ posed, during the whole of the action, to the fire of the Polyphemus, of 6’4 guns, the Russell, and the Bellona, which two latter ships ran aground at the commencement of the battle ; but this misfortune (as Lord Nelson observed) did not impede their service. The Proeves­ teen was, at the same time, raked by the La Desiree, of 40 guns, and a gun brig. Great as was the distinction which Commo­ dore Fischer, in his report, conferred on the Proevesteen and her gallant Captain Lassen, “ Notwithstanding my high sense of Danish u bravery, it was heightened by the conduct of “ the Proevesteen, which continued to fight u till all her guns were dismounted,” the com­ pliment of Lord Nelson is, in my opinion, still greater.* * “ No. 1, 2, 3, and 4, being subdued, which is expected “ to happen at an early period , the Isis and Agamemnon “ are to cut their cables, and immediately make sail, and