“It is not possible for me to speak too highly of the conduct of every officer and man; each, in his station, gave me the fullest satisfaction: but it gives me serious pain to add, that of these brave fellows, one was killed, and ten wounded (three mortally), besides the third lieutenant, Charles Burrough Strong, of whose assistance I was deprived before a shot was fired by us, and whose loss I feel the more, as two years’ service with me in this ship has fully proved to me his worth: his wounds, however, are not dangerous.”
Lieutenant Strong removed with the same excellent officer into the Clyde frigate, as first lieutenant, and commanded her boats on many services against the enemy, particularly during the Walcheren expedition.
When reporting the complete evacuation of that island, in Dec. 1809, Commodore Owen informed Sir Richard J. Strachan, that, “the peculiar circumstances he had been placed in, obliged him to leave the management of his own ship wholly to Lieutenant Strong, and thereby gave him an opportunity to confirm the good opinion he had formed of him in the course of seven years’ service together.”
Mr. Strong was promoted to the command of the Bustard, a 16-gun brig, on the Mediterranean station, Mar. 14th, 1811; and posted while commanding the Morgiana 18, on the coast of Africa, Aug. 12th, 1819.
Agent.– J. Woodhead, Esq.
JOHN BALDWIN, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1819.]
Was made lieutenant. Mar. 25, 1803; and obtained the next step by his able and gallant conduct, as first of the Astraea frigate. Captain Charles Marsh Schomberg, in action with a French squadron off Madagascar, on the 20th May, 1811[1]. His commission as commander bears date Nov. 18th following, at which period he was appointed to the Trojan brig of 10 guns, on the North Sea station. He subsequently commanded the Flamer 12; and, since the peace, the Fly 18, at Newfoundland.
