New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . and three men,while in her cabin and forepeak were thirty thor-oughly armed militia. Overtaken at once by the Eagle, the Yankee was directed to proceedto the Poictiers, which lay about five miles dis-tant. Suddenly the Yankee was broughtalongside the British tender, and in obedienceto the watchword Lawrence the armed Ameri-cans rushed upon the decks of the Eagle, andwith a volley of musketry made an effectual cap-ture. In the mel^e the captain of the Eagle and a marine were killed, while two others of thecrew were wounded.
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . and three men,while in her cabin and forepeak were thirty thor-oughly armed militia. Overtaken at once by the Eagle, the Yankee was directed to proceedto the Poictiers, which lay about five miles dis-tant. Suddenly the Yankee was broughtalongside the British tender, and in obedienceto the watchword Lawrence the armed Ameri-cans rushed upon the decks of the Eagle, andwith a volley of musketry made an effectual cap-ture. In the mel^e the captain of the Eagle and a marine were killed, while two others of thecrew were wounded. During the afternoon of In-dependence Day the captive Eagle was brought WILLIAM BAINBIilDGEBorn Princeton, N. J., May 7, 1774; wentto sea at sixteen; commanded a ship alnineteen; lieutenant in U. S. navy 179S;captain 1800; captured in war with Tripoli1803; commodore 1806. Commanded squadron in War of 1812;captured British frigate Java ; on Medi-terranean station LSOl, 1815, and 1819-21;settled disputes with the Barbary Philadelphia, Pa., July 28,
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