under the portrait depiction of fight on water. GUIL. DE LA MOTTE PIQUET, wing chief, CHr. COM. OF THE ORDER. R. &MIL. by S. LOUIS. Sr. de la MOTTE PIQUET, Squadron Leader, commander in Martinique, mounted on the Vaisseau l'Annibal, of 74 guns, fought alone against 3 enemy vessels which had cut off the Convoy; he cleared the Frigate, the Aurore, and with her 8 merchant ships which would have been taken without his maneuver as bold as it was well executed

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