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3 or 4 of the largest were burnt & blown up
without our being able to save scarcely any
of the people aboard. about 3,000
were taken out of the 11 ships destroyed
on this & the foregoing day: probably a
greater number were burnt or drowned.
Dead bodies were floating about for a fortnight
afterwards. I kept 7 of the officers prisoners
onboard my vessel for about a
week: during which time the pleasure of
making their situation tollerably comfortable
was perhaps as great a pleasure as ever
I felt. P.P. afterwards took them as well as
all the other officers to headquarters, where
they were well taken care of. A negro
I kept for myself. On this day we lost
very few men: no vessel but a rowing
boat which was sunk. The remaining
part of the large fleet were driven
out to sea; and though they
have of late returned with a further
reinforcement, the Captain Pasha never
does venture to come within the Liman.
On the first of July, while I was at Cherson
the flotilla attacked the town Ochakoff and
burned upwards of 20 of the small vessels
which had taken shelter under the batteries.
One Galley only was taken & brought away.
The Turks however have again got
together above 100 sail; of which 15 are
of the line. they lie within sight of
Ochakoff, but can give it no relief.
On the other hand, our army, encamped
around the town with batteries within
pistol shot of the entrenchments, are unable
to take it. There cannot be 5,000 men in
the town: but they have so well buried
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