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QEgm&msm T WAS 7 O'CLOCK IN THE EVEAWO Os SEPT. 23d <779 WHEN THE FIRST SHOTS WERE EXCHANGED BETWEEN THE A/aerican frigate 'Bonhcwne Richard* and the British frigate “serap»s * AND for three hours, under the BRIGHT /AOONUGHT, THE BATTLE RACED, JBt THE FIRST BROADSIDE TWO OF 7 j THE LONG t 8 POUNDERS ON THE LOWER gun-deck of the*Richard*exploded, AND ALI. THE rAEN IN THE 6W»*ROOH •mi 'mil mi jKjicroßy for the Americans seemed hopeless unjil a SAIL OR CLIMBED OUT on THE "PICHARDS'MAIN YARD AND HURLED HAND GRENADES THROUGH THE OPEN HATCH ways of the "Serapis." —there followed A SCRIES OF VIOLENT EXPLOSIONS AND THE CARNAGE ON THE ENOUGH SHIP WAS FAIOHTfUL. 77k aS n I v\ l tßr§al& SpZntS Uj (•^Swl'aWHun splice: fw y\ ’^,fe n . Zr mm /as C«a Strand B (Has yA , fIJ SERVED over HI Os /Ac sams/rand 01 Os \J\kv With spun EUj V>L J3i tfrapossed VyL fjf THE SERAPJS ATTfT'OPT-e-p TO CROSS THE OON Os ThE "Richard"and rake her but the captain nusjudged his distance -he fouled the 'Richard" and his long bowsprit hung over the stern of the American ship. Capt. Paul Jones sprang froa\ the quarter-deck—and with hawser in hand. n\a de fast the jib-stay of the" Serapo“ TO his own amzzen n\ast. AtoRE LASHINGS WE RE PASSED. AND THE SHIPS WERE FIAA\Ly SECURED TOGETHER. fltf ITH DEAD MEN STREWED ABOUT HIM, ANDHIS SHIP AFIRE IN SEVERAL places. Cap t Pearson hauled down HIS FLAG, ~ ■PIEUT Dale AND A PARTy OF 5/FA/hen fro/h the "Richard" LEAPED OVER the RAIL A/VD TOOK POSSESSION OF THE SHIP. Fdtfo& </ HEAVY GUNS OF THE apis "did terrible EXECUTION TO THE HULL OF 4 the "Richard" — bJt the Americans battled with ATUSKETpy F&on THE FORE CASTLE and the tops DRIVING THE BRITISH FROM THEIR UPPER DECK. * [9 he ’Richard "was afire 19 AAID EAST FILLI/VG VtITH WATER W HEN A GUNNER FEARING THE SHIP WAS SINKING, ATTEMPTED TO HAUL DO INN THE FLAG BUT JOAIES FELLED WITH AN EMPTY PIDTOI.. SB MILE THE BATTLE RAGED —THE TREACHEROUS LANDAIS SAILED BY IN THE m AMD POURED A TERRIFIC BROADSIDE INTO THE SHATTERED HULL OF THE AMERICA N SHIP, A # REMOVED H/S PRISONERS AND /HOST OF HIS CREW TO THE *’SERAPIS". gtLL EFFORTS TO SAVE THE 'RiCHARD " o 3» WERE HOPELESS TWO DAYS LATER THE GOOD OLD SHIP SANK BENEATH THE WAVES. co<vr/«vi/fC
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