A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . tober, tlie American sloop-of war Wasp, CaptainJones, while cruising off the coast of North Carolina, fell in withthe British brig Frolic, Captain Whinyates, and after a conflictof three-quarters of an hour, boarded her. A melancholyscene of destruction was presented. The decks were coveredwith the dead and the wounded. Not twenty of the Frolicscrew escaped unhurt. Scarcely had the enemys vessel beentaken possession of, when an English ship of seventy
A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . tober, tlie American sloop-of war Wasp, CaptainJones, while cruising off the coast of North Carolina, fell in withthe British brig Frolic, Captain Whinyates, and after a conflictof three-quarters of an hour, boarded her. A melancholyscene of destruction was presented. The decks were coveredwith the dead and the wounded. Not twenty of the Frolicscrew escaped unhurt. Scarcely had the enemys vessel beentaken possession of, when an English ship of seventy-fourguns hove in sight, and captured both vessels. XX. A second naval victory by the Americans occurred inthis same month, October. The frigate United States, Com-modore Decatur, encountered the British frigate Macedonia{mas-se-do-nc-a) west of the Ca-nary {Jca-na-re) Islands, and, afteran action of nearly two hours,compelled her to surrender. Shewas taken to New York. XXI. A little more than amonth later, the Constitution,then commanded by CommodoreBainbridge, gained her secondvictory, in the capture of thefrigate Java (jah-va). The ac-. COMMODORE RAINBRIDGE. XVIII. Questions.—52. What comparison is made between tlie land reversesand the ocean triumphs ? 53. Which was the first important naval victory ? 54. Thesecond? 55. When did the action between the Constitution and the Guerriere takeplace ? 56. Give an account of it. XIX. 57. Give an account of the action between the Wasp and the Frolic. 5S,What event deprived Captain Jones of the fruits of his victory ? XX. 59. Give an account of the action between the United States and Maecdoniaa 10 218 Madisons administration. tion took place off the coast of Brazil, on the 29thof Decciriber, and lasted nearly two hours. Bain-bridge,* finding the captured frigate so much riddled that itwas impossible to get her into an American port, destroyedher by fire, and the Constitution then put into San Salvador,where the prisoners were lande
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