. La marine royale : une histoire des temps les plus tôt jusqu'au présent. La foi avait été la plus particulière soupçonnée. D'autres officershad étaient soupçonnés d'être affectés; mais le rumeur avait chargedcarter d'être aussi corrompu et traître. Ce nighthe a fait taire tous ceux qui auraient destitué son honneur.UN coup de feu l'a frappé, et, comme il s'est rendu compte que la mort lui était venue. 1692.] POURSUITE DE LA FILENCH. 353 il dit à Wright, son capitaine de drapeau : combattez le navire aussi longtemps qu'il nachera. Plus tard, les deux flottes ancrées.^ le matin de vendredi, le 20, a brisé le brouillard; mais à 8 a.m.les Hollandais, qui étaient à th

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. The royal navy : a history from the earliest times to the present. faith had been most peculiarly suspected. Other officershad been believed to be disaffected; but rumour had chargedCarter with being corrupt and treacherous as well. That nighthe silenced for ever those who would have impeached his honour.A shot struck him, and, as he realised that death had come to him. 1692.] CHASE OF THE FIlENCH. 353 he said to Wright, his flag-captain : Fight the ship as long asshe will swim. Later, both fleets anchored.^ The morning of Friday, the 20th, broke foggy; but at 8 a.m.the Dutch, who were to the southward of the Commander-in-Chiefsighted the enemy, and, the weather hftmg a httle, and the windbeinc. E N.E., a general chase was ordered. The French crowdedto the west At 11.30 a.m. the wind, which remained hght, changedto S W and at 4 p.m., unable to make head against the tide, boththe French and the Allies anchored. At 10 p.m., the tide thenfavouring, they weighed agam with a freshemng breeze. Atmidnic^ht the Britannia lost her foretop-mast, which had been. tourvilles flagship, lk soleil royal. (From the drawimi by A. L. van Kaldenbach.) wounded on the previous day; and the Ked squadron waited forthe damage to be made good, while the Blue squadron and theDutch continued the chase. On the 21st, the chase was prosecuted as before, the fleetsanchoring when the tide was against them, and weighing whenit was favourable. In the course of the morning, Tourville hauleddown his flag in the Soleil Boyal and transferred it to the Amhi-Ueux, 92, which already carried the flag of De Yillette-Mur^ai. Hedid this because he foresaw that, looking to the position into which 1 A pension of £200 a year was settled on Carters widow.-Aan.lty. Min. ofOct. 9th, 1092. ^^ VOL. II. 354 MAJOR OPERATIONS, IGGO-ITU. [1092. she had been driven, the Holeil Boijal must go ashore unless thewind changed ; and at about 11 a.m., in fact, the three-decker tookthe ground near Cherbourg, and her masts were c

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