Both in the BELLONA and the ISIS many men were lost by the bursting of their guns.

The former ship was about forty years old, and these guns were believed to be the same which she had first taken to sea: they were, probably, originally faulty, for the fragments were full of little air-holes.

The BELLONA lost 75 men; the ISIS, 110; the MONARCH, 210.

She was, more than any other line-of-battle ship, exposed to the great battery; and supporting, at the same time, the united fire of the HOLSTEIN and the ZEALAND, her loss this day exceeded that of any single ship during the whole war.

Amid the tremendous carnage in this vessel, some of the men displayed a singular instance of coolness: the pork and peas happened to be in the kettle; a shot knocked its contents about; they picked up the pieces, and ate and fought at the same time.
The Prince-Royal had taken his station upon one of the batteries, from whence he beheld the action and issued his orders.