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Sea-Fight Off Cape La Hogue, A. D. 1692.

by the reception which he got , he ' was soon convinced of his mistake in thinking that an English admiral could , in consideration of any interest upon earth , strike to a French one . Yet , though conscious of the inferiority of his fleet , he was ashamed to abandon a situation which his officers had in vain advised him to avoid ; and the rest of the admirals , and the captains , ashamed to abandon their head , joined in the action as fast as they came upand maintained itnot so much

, , hoping to gain honour , as striving to lose as little of it as they could . The engagement between the two admirals' ships lasted an hour and a half , and then Tourville was towed off ] being obliged to retire by ' the damage he had sustained in his rigging ; but five French ships ' instantly closed in , and saved him ... The battle , in the mean time ^; went on in different parts with uncertain success ^ from the vast number

of ships engaged , which sometimes gave aid to the distressed , and at other times snat-hed victoiy from those who thought they were sureof it . Alemond , the Dutch admiral , who was in the van , and had received orders to get round the French fleet , in order that no part of it mi ght escape , attempted in vain to obey ; and a thick fog , at four o ' clock in the afternoonseparated the combatants from the view

, of each other . In about two hours the fog cleared up . It was then observed , that Tourville , instead of repairing his rigging , had withdrawn to the rear , and that the French line was broke in many other places . . ' Russel , certain that Tourville would not have retired , unless it had been resolved that his fleet was to fly , made a signal to chace from all :

quarters , without _ any regard to order . In one of the engagements , during this chace , Rear-admiral Carter was killed , giving orders , with , his last breath , to fi g ht the ship as long as she could swim ; a proof either that his correspondence with James had been maintained with a view to deceive , him , or that the last passion in an Englishman ' s breast is the love of his country . The running engagement of the : afternoon was , like the regular one of the forenoon , interrupted by a fog , and afterwards by a calm , and in the end it was closed by

darkness . . During the night , the two fleets , off the shallow-coast of France , anchored close to each other ; but the impetuosity of some English officers carried their ships through the French . fleet ; and Sir ClOudsley Shovel , with his division , had got between Tourville ' s squadron and the rest of the French fleet ; so that the ships of the three nations lavintermingled with each other during the night , waiting for the morning

with impatience , uncertain whether they were among friends or foes ; and judging of their distances from other ships , only by the signals of , distress which they heard , or the flames of the ships which were on . fire . The arrival of the morning brought a renewal of the chace . But ' the French fleet were now reduced to thirty-four ships ; four of which . ' had taken fire in the engagement , being blown up during the night , and ihe rest having escaped . , Tin ' s day was signalized by no engagement , but by a spectacle far more important ; that of the English

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LONDON : Article 3
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 4
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 4
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 5
AN EXTRAORDINARY TRAVELLER. Article 11
ON THE ADVANTAGES TO BE DERIVED FROM THE STUDY OF THE MATHEMATICS. Article 12
CHURCH PREFERMENT. Article 17
THE FREEMASON. No. I. Article 19
STATE OF FREEMASONRY IN THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN. Article 21
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 22
SEA-FIGHT OFF CAPE LA HOGUE, A. D. 1692. Article 22
THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE. Article 27
ON CONJUGAL INFIDELITY. Article 34
ON THE FALSE LEARNING OF THE PRESENT AGE. Article 37
MR. TASKER'S LETTERS Article 42
THE TRUE SOURCES OF EARTHLY HAPPINESS. AN EASTERN TALE. Article 44
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THE ILLUMINATED. Article 47
BROTHER GEORGE WASHINGTON, Article 48
ANSWER TO THE GRAND LODGE OF THE FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF MASSACHUSETTS. Article 49
ON THE VICE OF SWEARING. Article 49
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Article 51
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 61
POETRY. Article 63
A FAVOURITE MASONIC SONG, Article 64
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY'S EPITAPH. Article 64
PROLOGUE TO THE PLAY OF KNOW YOUR OWN MIND, Article 65
EPIGRAM. Article 65
LINES TO THOMSON, THE IMMORTAL POET OF THE SEASONS. Article 66
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Sea-Fight Off Cape La Hogue, A. D. 1692.

by the reception which he got , he ' was soon convinced of his mistake in thinking that an English admiral could , in consideration of any interest upon earth , strike to a French one . Yet , though conscious of the inferiority of his fleet , he was ashamed to abandon a situation which his officers had in vain advised him to avoid ; and the rest of the admirals , and the captains , ashamed to abandon their head , joined in the action as fast as they came upand maintained itnot so much

, , hoping to gain honour , as striving to lose as little of it as they could . The engagement between the two admirals' ships lasted an hour and a half , and then Tourville was towed off ] being obliged to retire by ' the damage he had sustained in his rigging ; but five French ships ' instantly closed in , and saved him ... The battle , in the mean time ^; went on in different parts with uncertain success ^ from the vast number

of ships engaged , which sometimes gave aid to the distressed , and at other times snat-hed victoiy from those who thought they were sureof it . Alemond , the Dutch admiral , who was in the van , and had received orders to get round the French fleet , in order that no part of it mi ght escape , attempted in vain to obey ; and a thick fog , at four o ' clock in the afternoonseparated the combatants from the view

, of each other . In about two hours the fog cleared up . It was then observed , that Tourville , instead of repairing his rigging , had withdrawn to the rear , and that the French line was broke in many other places . . ' Russel , certain that Tourville would not have retired , unless it had been resolved that his fleet was to fly , made a signal to chace from all :

quarters , without _ any regard to order . In one of the engagements , during this chace , Rear-admiral Carter was killed , giving orders , with , his last breath , to fi g ht the ship as long as she could swim ; a proof either that his correspondence with James had been maintained with a view to deceive , him , or that the last passion in an Englishman ' s breast is the love of his country . The running engagement of the : afternoon was , like the regular one of the forenoon , interrupted by a fog , and afterwards by a calm , and in the end it was closed by

darkness . . During the night , the two fleets , off the shallow-coast of France , anchored close to each other ; but the impetuosity of some English officers carried their ships through the French . fleet ; and Sir ClOudsley Shovel , with his division , had got between Tourville ' s squadron and the rest of the French fleet ; so that the ships of the three nations lavintermingled with each other during the night , waiting for the morning

with impatience , uncertain whether they were among friends or foes ; and judging of their distances from other ships , only by the signals of , distress which they heard , or the flames of the ships which were on . fire . The arrival of the morning brought a renewal of the chace . But ' the French fleet were now reduced to thirty-four ships ; four of which . ' had taken fire in the engagement , being blown up during the night , and ihe rest having escaped . , Tin ' s day was signalized by no engagement , but by a spectacle far more important ; that of the English

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