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The steamer immediately poured in a volley of grape and canister from her bow
and stern guns, while the boats pulled away towards the shore, to carry the works
by storm, opening their fre from their bow-guns as they advanced. The Chinese
fed, after some resistance; and the battery, which was of very recent construction,
was at once taken possession of by the crews of the boats, the colours being taken
by Lieutenant Bowers, First Lieutenant of H.M.S. Samarang.
W.D. Bernard and W.H. Hall, Narrative of the Voyages and Services of the Nemesis, from 1840 to 1843