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t sword, and voted thanks to his companions in the fight. In 1814 the General Armstrong was under the command of Capt. Samuel C. Reid, and in September she was in the harbor of Fayal, one of the islands of the Azores, belonging to Portugal. It was a neutral port, and Reid did not expect to be disturbed there by British vessels. He was mistaken. On the 26th Commodore Lloyd appeared off the harbor with his flag-ship, the Plantagenet, seventy-four guns; the frigate Rota, forty-four, Captain Somerville; and the brig Carnation, eighteen, Captain Bentham; each with a full complement of men. the Armstrong had only seven guns and ninety men, including her officers. In violation of the laws and usages of neutrality, Lloyd sent into the harbor, at eight o'clock in the evening, four large and well-armed launches, manned by about forty men each. At that time Reid, suspecting mischief, was warping his vessel under the guns of the castle. The moon was shining brightly. The barges and the