bitants, who thought they could not sufficiently mark their gratitude to Captain Ussher for having spared their trading and fishing vessels when it was in his power to destroy them[1].
In Nov. following, Captain Ussher was appointed by Sir Edward Pellew to the Euryalus frigate; and after acting in the Edinburgh 74, for a short period, we find him proceeding to watch the enemy’s fleet at Toulon, on which service he continued under the orders of Captain the Hon. G. G. Waldegrave, until his removal to the Undaunted 48, in Feb. 1813.
On the 18th of the ensuing month, Captain Ussher landed a party of seamen and marines at Carri, to the westward of Marseilles, under the orders of his first Lieutenant, Mr. Aaron Tozer, who gallantly stormed and carried a battery containing 4 long twenty-four-pounders, 1 six-pounder, and a 13-inch mortar (the whole of which he destroyed), and brought out a tartan that had anchored there for protection. The enemy on this occasion were strongly posted behind palisadoes, and stood their ground until the British were in the act of charging bayonets, when they turned and suffered a severe loss. The assailants had only 2 killed and 1 wounded.
Thirteen days after the gallant affair at Carri, the Undaunted’s marines assisted at the destruction of two other batteries, mounting 5 thirty-six-pounders, 2 twenty-fours, and 1 mortar; whilst her boats, in conjunction with those of the Volontaire and Redwing, brought out eleven vessels laden with oil, &c. and destroyed three others in consequence of their being aground. The loss of men on both sides has been stated in our memoir of the present Lord Radstock[2]; and an account of the subsequent proceedings at Morjean will be found under the head of Rear Admiral Moubray, at p. 811. of our first volume; but we have there omitted to state, that Captain Ussher, perceiving that the enemy’s vessels were
- ↑ Previous to the attack of April 29, 1812, Captain Ussher fitted a fire-boat for the purpose of burning the whole of the shipping; but on considering how much the unfortunate Spaniards had already suffered by the forcible occupation of their town, he humanely resolved not to bring down any fresh suffering upon them.
- ↑ See note at p. 194.
