Excerpt from The Naval Chronicle, for 1809, Vol. 21: Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom; With a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects; From January to June
Of the single actions recorded in this Volume, none ranks superior to that between the Amethyst and the Niemen (page in which the gallant Captain Seymour, who, but a few months before, had signa lised himself by the capture of the Thetis, in proved himself superior to the most determined rts of the enemy.
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