Lanterna Rally

Author: George Coggeshall

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-09-18

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 9781528488969

Excerpt from History of the American Privateers, and Letters-of-Marque: During Our War With England in the Years 1812, '13 and '14; Interspersed Several Naval Battles Between American and British Ships-of War He has also endeavored to give the names of the com manders of each vessel, but probably has not succeeded in every instance, as the Captains were sometimes changed during cruises, or were killed in action, and succeeded by others, and in many instances promoted to other vessels. Many prizes were destroyed at sea, and many a gal lant brush with an enemy of superior force occurred, of which no official record was made but which, had it been in the national service, would have entitled those who conducted it to promotion and fame. The author has also endeavored, in his introduction, to show the justice of the war on our part, and to prove that it was waged purely in obedience to the great law of nations, as well as nature - self-de fence. England had virtually warred on our commerce for six or eight years, without our being able to obtain re dress. Negotiation and remonstrance were finally ex hansted, and we were compelled to resort to war as the last alternative of civilized nations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.