The <i>Theseus</i>, Captn J Beresford, leading the British squadron of 4 sail of the line, near the Isle of Grouais, in the face of the <i>Brest fleet</i> of 8 sail of the line, obliging them to haul their wind &amp; preventing their joining the l' Orient squadron then laying ready to put to sea, Feby 24th 1809. From a sketch by J. Beresford. Engraved by Frederick Christian Lewis. (F. C. Lewis).  Taken from the Naval Chronology of Great Britain; Or, An Historical Account of Naval and Maritime Events from the Commencement of the War in 1803 to the End of the Year 1816 ... by James Ralfe.<br> Volume II, Pages 122-123<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup>
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James Ralfe (fl. 1820–1829). Printed by Whitcombe</div>
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