Having noticed Captain Boger’s spirited and judicious conduct on this occasion, it may not be amiss to state, that the enemy were afterwards completely dispersed during a heavy gale of wind; that the corvette, l’Africaine, being obliged to run for Charlestown, was wrecked on the bar, and every one of her crew perished; that one of the 18-gun brigs went on shore at the back of the Bahamas, where she was also totally lost; and that the other vessels composing the armament were never afterwards heard of, from which circumstance it may reasonably be inferred that they likewise met with an equally disastrous fate.
On the 1st Oct. 1804, Captain Boger captured the Hazard French privateer, of 16 guns and 50 men. His next appointment was to le Brave 74, one of the prizes taker by Sir John T. Duckworth’s squadron, off St. Domingo, in Feb. 1806. The manner in which that ship was lost will be seen by reference to p. 594, of our first volume.
Captain Boger was advanced to post rank. May 22, 1606. In 1809, he commanded the Norge 74, on the Lisbon station; and in 1815, he was appointed flag-captain to Sir Edward Thornbrough, commander-in-chief at Portsmouth, where he continued during the customary period of three years, successively commanding the Prince 98, and Queen Charlotte of 108 guns.
Agents.– Messrs. Goode and Clarke.
WILLIAM JONES LYE, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1806.]
Was made a Lieutenant in 1802, and advanced to post rank May 22, 1806. He subsequently commanded the Bombay, Terpsichore, and Doris frigates, on the East India station. In the former ship he captured the Jaseur French national brig, of 12 guns and 55 men, July 10, 1807; and in the latter he assisted at the reduction of the Isles of France and Java, Dec. 1810, and Sept. 1811. The Doris returned home with Commodore Broughton, in Nov. 1812.
