sent boats to the Pompee and Hannibal; at 10h. 26m. made the Hannibal's signal to tack,--saw the Pompee had broke her sheer, apparently by a flaw of wind, and was raked by the French Admiral; at 10h. 30m. made the Pompee's signal to cut or slip; at 10h. 35m., a breeze springing up from the N.W., cut our cable, wore, and made sail, engaging the enemy's ships while passing them; at 10h. 50m. the Hannibal opened her fire on the French Admiral; at 10h. 52m. made the signal for the squadron to come to,--the wind on the starboard tack; at 11h. 5m. made the signal for the boats to tow the Pompee,--Caesar engaging the southernmost ships,--Audacious, ditto,--Caesar opened her fire on the island battery,--Audacious and Caesar becalmed near the island reef,--boats employed towing the ship's head round; afternoon,--light winds and variable weather,--engaging the enemy; at 12h. 33m. made the signal for the Hannibal being aground,--employed engaging the southernmost ship; at 1h. 17m. Audacious wore,--made the signal for armed-boats to proceed as denoted; at 1h. 35m. the action ceased,--found the main-mast shot through in five places, (and other damage which need not be mentioned,) nine men killed, twenty-five wounded, and seven missing; at 5h. came-to at Gibraltar, with the small bower employed warping alongside of the sheer hulk. The Venerable's log, which we have examined at the depot at Deptford, and which is signed by Captain Hood, fully corroborates the above, with the addition,--"At 12h. 40m. sent the first lieutenant in the pinnace to assist the Hannibal;" and this officer (Lieutenant Collis) in his own journal mentions the same fact. When he arrived at the Hannibal, she was in possession of the enemy; and he was taken prisoner, with his boat's crew, by persisting to go on board after he was warned by Lieutenant (now Colonel) Connolly, of the Marines. He says it was in consequence of the ensign being reversed that the boats were sent; and, before any of the boats reached her, she was in possession of the French, who hoisted the colours union downwards themselves, and that they never were hoisted in that manner at any other time. These facts are also corroborated by the logs and journals of the Audacious and Spencer, which will be given in the next chapter. Every ship, indeed, mentions the impossibility of affording any assistance to the Hannibal, and that the signal was not made to leave off action until her situation was utterly hopeless.