human
Modeste, with lighters in tow, the
gpt
Kerguelen,
human
Champlain, and
gpt
Thémis, Frenchmen, the latter the admiral's ship; and the Russian corvette
human
Naezdnik,
gpt
Kerguelen a little on our starboard quarter, and the
human
Champlain
gpt
Champlain caused that vessel to drag and take the ground on our port quarter. In her attempts to extricate herself, our steel hawser got foul of her propeller and wound itself around it in such a confused mass, that the vessel's machinery became practically useless. Thus, side by side, the two companions in distress kept the watches of that night. But this was not all; the
human
Modeste coming to the rescue of the
gpt
Champlain, ran into the
human
Kerguelen,
gpt
Modeste succeeded in towing the
human
Champlain