of his lordship's ship, below the reach
of the stern-chasers, and fired with considerable effect. The British
marines, however, made terrible slaughter among these brave fellows;
many of whom were soon killed, but their young commander still remained
at his post, surrounded by the slain, till the announcement of the
truce. The crown prince has since presented this youth with a medallion
commemorative of his gallantry, and appointed him to the command of the
royal yacht in which his royal highness makes his annual visit to
Holstein.

On the day following, Lord Nelson addressed the official account of this
great victory to Sir Hyde Parker, his commander in chief.

"Elephant, off Copenhagen,
3d April 1801.

"SIR,

"In obedience to your directions, to report the proceedings of the
squadron named in the margin--[the Elephant, Defiance, Monarch,
Bellona, Edgar, Russell, Ganges, Glatton, Isis, Agamemnon,
Polyphemus, and Ardent, ships of the line; the Amazon, Desiree,
Blanche, and Alcmene, frigates; the Dart, Arrow, Cruiser, and
Harpy, sloops; the Zephyr, and Otter, fire-ships; the Discovery,
Sulphur, Hecla, Explosion, Zebra, Terror, and Volcano, bombs; with
eight gun-brigs]--which you did me the honour to place under my
command, I beg leave to inform you that, having by the assistance
of that able officer Captain Riou, and the unremitting exertions of
Captain Brisbane and the masters of the Amazon and Cruiser in
particular, buoyed the channel of the Outer Deep and the position
of the Middle Ground, the squadron passed in safety, and anchored
off Draco the evening of the 1st: and that, yesterday morning, I
made the signal for the squadron to weigh; and to engage the Danish
line, consisting of seven sail of the line, ten floating-batteries
mounting from twenty-six twenty-four pounders, to eighteen eighteen
pounders, and one bomb-ship, besides schooner gun-vessels. These
were supported by the Crown Islands, mounting eighty-eight cannon;
four sail of the line, moored in the harbour's mouth; and some
batteries on the island of Amak.

"The bomb-ship, and schooner gun-vessels, made their escape; the
other seventeen sail are sunk, burnt, or taken, being the whole of
the Danish line to the southward of the Crown Islands, after a
battle of four hours.

"From the very intricate navigat