Norfolk Gazette And Publick Ledger

Extract of a letter from the Surgeon of the Chesapeake, to his friend in Boston, dated Halifax, June 8.

"About 44 minutes past 5, when within pistol shot of the Shannon, we received her broadside, which was returned, and at the first fire Capt. Lawrence was wounded in the leg. Three or four broadsides only were exchanged, when the ship had her head, topsail tie shot away, and her spanker brails fouled by cut rigging. Capt. Lawrence was wounded through the body mortally by a musket ball. Lieut. Ludlow was twice wounded by musket or grape shot. Mr. White, the master, was killed. Mr. Bullard's flag was shot from his body. Lieut. Broome and the boatswain were mortally wounded. The ship being unmanageable, she fell on board the Shannon, when they immediately threw 200 men on our decks. Our boarders were called away, but the man whose duty it was to give the signal, from fright or some other cause, did not give it. Lieut. Budd was informed, by Mr. Curtis, that the boarders were called away; he instantly headed his and Mr. Cox's division, and sprung on deck, but was severely wounded, having but a part of his men the rest having followed a rascally boatswain's mate into the hold. I have not time to be more particular."

List of officers killed and wounded. -- Capt. Lawrence mortally wounded died the 4th of June. Lieuts. Ludlow and Cox wounded, but doing well. Lieut. Ballard died in 15 or 20 minutes after receiving his wound. The master, Mr. W. N. White, and midshipmen Livingston and Evans were killed instantly. Midshipmen Weaver, Nichols, Berry and Abbot, were wounded, but are doing well. We lost from 40 to 60 killed and 104 wounded, 15 mortally. Captain Broke of the Shannon is like to recover.