Chapter 20 THE BATTLE OF BOULOGNE

On the second day of August, eighteen hundred and one,

We sailed with Lord Nelson to the port of Boulogne,

For to cut out their shipping, which was all in vain,

For to our misfortune, they were all moored and chained.

Our boats being well mann'd, at eleven at night,

For to cut out their shipping, except they would fight,

But the g