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Our captain , as soon as he saw them , determined to have them ; so as he was commodore , do you see , he ordered away the boats of the squadron to cut them out . I was not a little pleased to find myself in one of the _ Spartan 's _ boats . The whole expedition was commanded by Lieutenant Baumgart , of the _ Spartan _ ; and we had with us another brave officer , Lieutenant George Sartorius , of the _ Sirius _ . `` We rendezvoused on board the _ Spartan _ , and soon after noon pulled in for the castle , covered by the fire of the squadron , which opened a brisk cannonade on the town and batteries . The enemy were not idle , and the shot were flying pretty thick about us , but that did not stop our way . '' ` There 's the ship , my boys , and we must have her , and the barques too , if we can , ' sung out our lieutenant ; and on we dashed , with a loud cheer , towards her . `` Round-shot and bullets came rattling about our heads , but they did n't stop our way more than would a shower of hail .