...itish vessel ran down the Hornet with the intention of boarding her. The vessels became entangled, and the opportunity for boarding was lost by the refusal of the men of the stranger to undertake it. Biddle 's men, on the contrary, were eager for a hand-to-hand fight, but, as his ad- vantage lay with his guns, he would not allow it. His broadsides terribly raked his antagonist, and in a few minutes ...