Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . commissioners or the French ministry. The Rangerwas then placed under his orders, with discretion to cruise where he pleasedwith this restriction, however, that he was not to return immediately to Franceafter making attempts upon the coast of England, as the French governmenthad not yet declared itself openly as the ally of the United
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . commissioners or the French ministry. The Rangerwas then placed under his orders, with discretion to cruise where he pleasedwith this restriction, however, that he was not to return immediately to Franceafter making attempts upon the coast of England, as the French governmenthad not yet declared itself openly as the ally of the United States. On the 10thof April, 1778, he sailed on a cruise, during which he laid open the weaknessof the British coast. With a single ship, he kept the whole coast of Scotland,and part of that of England, for some time in a state of alarm, and made a de-scent at Whitehaven, where he surprised and took two forts, with thirty piecesof cannon, and set fire to the shipping. In this attack upon Whitehaven, thehouse of the earl of Selkirk, in whose service the father of Jones had beengardener, was plundered, and the family plate carried off. But the act wascommitted without his knowledge, and he afterward made the best atonemenin his power. 362 JOHN PAUL Portrait of John Paul Jonei. JOHN PAUL JONES. 383 After his return to Brest with two hundred prisoners-of-war, Jones becameinvolved in a variety of troubles, for want of means to support them, pay hiscrew, and refit his ship. After many delays and vexations, he sailed from theroad of St. Croix, August 14, 1779, with a squadron of seven sail, designing toannoy the coasts of England and Scotland. The principal occurrence of thiscruise was the capture of the British ship-of-war Serapis, after a bloody anddesperate engagement, off Flamborough head, September 2^ 1779. The Sera-pis had a picked crew, and was a frigate much superior in Woicce to Joness ves-sel, the Bon Homme Richard, which sunk not. long after the termination of the
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