The Naval History of Great Britain, From the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV, Vol. 3 of 6
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Excerpt from The Naval History of Great Britain, From the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV, Vol. 3 of 6: A New With Additions and Notes, Bringing the Work Down to 1827 Having given an account of the first engagement fought between an American and a French frigate, we shall offer no apology for inserting in these pages an account of the second. On the 1st of February, at 7h. 30 m. A.M., the United States 36-gun frigate Constellation, still commanded by Commodore Thomas Truxton, being about five leagues to the westward of Basseterre-road, Guadaloupe, working to windward, discovered in the south-east quarter, standing south-west, the French 40-gun frigate Yengeanee, Captain Sebastien-Louis-Marie Piehot. The American commodore immediately went in chase; and M. Pichot ran from him, for the reason, as alleged afterwards by some of the French officers, that the Vengeance had her deeks encumbered with hogsheads of sugar, which she had brought from Guadaloupe, and was carrying to Europe. Let that have been as it may, at 8 p.m. the Constellation got within hail of the Vengeance, and received a fire from her stern and quarter guns. In a little time the former, having gained a position on the French frigate´s weather-quarter, opened a very destructive fire; and to which, from her position, the Constellation received a much less effective return than if she had run fairly alongside. The mutual cannonade continued, in this manner, until nearly 1 A.M. on the 2nd; when the Vengeance, owing to the damaged state of the Constellation´s rigging and masts, particularly her mainmast, was enabled to range ahead out of gun-shot, and the battle ended. The force of the Constellation, in guns, men, and size, has already been given. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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