Naval Anecdotes Illustrating the Character of British Seamen And Recording the
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open boat, and \vere soon afterwards discovered by an English cruizing frigate, and brought in safety to the British shore.
BRAVE ACTION OF CAPTAIN GRIGNION, COM- MANDER OF AN ENGLISH PRIVATETER.
IN February, 1759, Captain Peter Grignion. , commander of a privateer, of St. Kitt's (consort of the Thurloe privateer, Capt. Mantle) cruiz- ing off Curacoa harbour, discovered a French schooner privateer coming in ; whereupon Capt. Grignion, crossing the harbour, got between the schooner and the town,... when an engagement en- sued in sight of the fort, and so near it, that three of the schooner's balls passed the governor and- other gentlemen, who, happening to be near their fort, were viewing the engagement The fort was then ordered to fire upon the English privateer, which it did, thirty-six shot, without effect; Grignion having boarded and made prize of the schooner, and returned a low obeisance to every shot fired from the fort.
During the above engagement, the commander of a French privateer Snow (who had been beat- ing up for volunteers at Curacoa, and had shipped near a hundred stout fellows, Dutch free negroes included) applied to the governor, for leave to go out against the.
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open boat, and \vere soon afterwards discovered by an English cruizing frigate, and brought in safety to the British shore.
BRAVE ACTION OF CAPTAIN GRIGNION, COM- MANDER OF AN ENGLISH PRIVATETER.
IN February, 1759, Captain Peter Grignion. , commander of a privateer, of St. Kitt's (consort of the Thurloe privateer, Capt. Mantle) cruiz- ing off Curacoa harbour, discovered a French schooner privateer coming in ; whereupon Capt. Grignion, crossing the harbour, got between the schooner and the town,... when an engagement en- sued in sight of the fort, and so near it, that three of the schooner's balls passed the governor and- other gentlemen, who, happening to be near their fort, were viewing the engagement The fort was then ordered to fire upon the English privateer, which it did, thirty-six shot, without effect; Grignion having boarded and made prize of the schooner, and returned a low obeisance to every shot fired from the fort.
During the above engagement, the commander of a French privateer Snow (who had been beat- ing up for volunteers at Curacoa, and had shipped near a hundred stout fellows, Dutch free negroes included) applied to the governor, for leave to go out against the.
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