The Situation Of His Mtys Ship Blanche Of 32 Guns 180 Men The French Frigate La Pique Of 40 Guns 400 Men

by After Lieutenant Thomas Orde

$1,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

The second of a pair of images of the `longest and most determined engagement ever fought' Parker `The Blanche frigate, Captain R. Faulknor, while off Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadaloupe, on... 4 January 1795 , engaged the French frigate Pique. The fight having lasted an hour, the Pique fouled the Blanche, and the Frenchman made several attempts to board, but each time gallantly repulsed. Then the English sailors lashed the bowsprit of the Pique to the stump of the Blanche's

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