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afloat again by throwing her guns and shot overboard.On Sunday morning the fight was renewed with fresh vigour; but what could three small vessels do*g*inst 28 of superior force ? The Independenda alone fired 3,400 shots. But she lay very much exposed to the fire of the Brasilians, so much so that the frigate Emperatri* anchored with springs upon her cables with, in grape-shot range of her. Early in the afternoon she had from 70 to 80 killed and wounded. She was des-titute of ammunition, and had shot-holes through and through her. Captains Drummond and Shannon went on board the Sarandi to acquaint the Admiral with the brig’s condition; and whilst walking upon the quarter* deck a 24 lb. shot struck Captain Drummond just above the hip. He lived for three hours after, and was sensible. Almost the last words he uttered were “ Tell the Admiral 1 hope I have done my duty, and die as a man ought to die.” Late in the .afternoon the Bra* jzilian brig Oatdoco anchored near the Independenda, mad made prisoners of the surviving gfew, perhaps 40 mi: _vi « f __ f _7 t
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London, Middlesex, GB
Thu, Aug 02, 1827
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