The life of John Paul Jones : written from original letters and manuscripts in possession of his relatives, and from the collection prepared by John Henry Sherburne : together with Chevalier Jones' own account of the campaign of the Liman . ^ had not, duringthis time, been at Kinbourn. As the greatest con-fusion reigned among the vessels of the flotilla, thoughour loss was not great, there is no doubt that partof it was owing to Pussian bullets. The army of Prince Potemkin having come upon the 27th of June, the Prince of Nassau had orders. The defeat of the Turks by the Russian fleet under Pau
The life of John Paul Jones : written from original letters and manuscripts in possession of his relatives, and from the collection prepared by John Henry Sherburne : together with Chevalier Jones' own account of the campaign of the Liman . ^ had not, duringthis time, been at Kinbourn. As the greatest con-fusion reigned among the vessels of the flotilla, thoughour loss was not great, there is no doubt that partof it was owing to Pussian bullets. The army of Prince Potemkin having come upon the 27th of June, the Prince of Nassau had orders. The defeat of the Turks by the Russian fleet under Paul Jones.—Page 321. Life of Paxil Jones. CAMPAIGN ON THE LIMAN. 30^ to attack and destroy, or capture, the Turkish flotillawhich lay under the walls of Oczakow ; and the rear-admiral was commanded to give him every assistancethat might be useful. In pursuance of these orders,on the 1st of July, at one in the morning, the flotillaadvanced. The rear-admiral had sent all the cha-loupes and barcasses belonging to the squadron tohaul out the vessels of the flotilla. The prince mar-shal had taken the trouble to arrange the plan ofattack himself, but his plan was not followed. At daybreak our flotilla, having advanced onlywithin cannon shot, opened fire upon the Turkishflotilla, and on the place. The current having carriedseveral of our batteries and double chaloupes rathertoo far to leeward, the rear-admiral had them hauledup by the boats and barcasses of the squadron, andset the example himself with the chaloupe in whichhe was. The Tur
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