CHAPTER V
Chapter V
EVENTS OF 1776. - THE FIRST CRUISE OF THE REGULAR NAVY. - THE "LEXINGTON " AND THE "EDWARD." - MUGFORD'S BRAVE FIGHT. - LOSS OF THE "YANKEE…
Chapter V (III)
EVENTS OF 1776. - THE FIRST CRUISE OF THE REGULAR NAVY. - THE "LEXINGTON" AND THE "EDWARD." - MUGFORD'S BRAVE FIGHT. -LOSS OF THE "YANKEE…
CHAPTER V: Lexington
This action was little to the credit of the sailors of the colonial navy. Fortunately, a second action during the same month set them in a…
CHAPTER V: Yankee
About a month after this battle, there occurred off the coast of Massachusetts a battle in which the Americans, though they fought with the…
CHAPTER V: Defence
On the 17th of June, the crew of the Connecticut cruiser "Defence," a fourteen-gun brig, heard the sound of distant cannonading coming…
CHAPTER V: France
After completing this cruise, the "Reprisal" was ordered to France for the purpose of conveying thither from Philadelphia Benjamin…
CHAPTER V: Parker
Fort Sullivan was the chief work in the harbor, and against this Parker began a vigorous cannonade early on the morning of the 28th of…
CHAPTER V: Jasper
While the battle was at its hottest, and the shot and shell were flying thick over the fort, the flagstaff was shot away; and the flag of…
Chapter V (IV)
AN INTERNATIONAL DEBATE. - THE "WASP" AND THE "FROLIC." - THE "UNITED STATES" AND THE "MACEDONIAN." - OVATIONS TO THE VICTORS. HE rejoicing…
CHAPTER V: Americans
Such a charge as this was adding insult to injury. Was not the British navy full of Americans who were forced against their will to serve…
CHAPTER V: Jones
After a few days' cruising, with one or two unimportant captures, a bunch of sails was sighted at some distance. The most careful…