Washington was never supplied with sufficient means, even with the assistance of the French fleets and troops, to strike one blow at the English in
Why the American Revolution Took So Long
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Both Sides Should Have Lost
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How the American Revolutionary War Ended
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The American Revolution
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Aftermath of the Battle of Flambough Head
The guns of the Serapis remained serviceable during the whole action, and their effect on the decayed sides of the Richard was literally to tear her
Manning the ‘Serapis’ and the ‘Bon Homme Richard’
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American Ship Sinking; British Ship Burning
While the fire was raging in so terrifying a manner, the water was entering the ship in many places. The rudder had been cut entirely through, the
‘Serapis’ Boarded
"Captain Pearson now called away his boarders and sent them on board the Richard, but, when they had reached her rail, they were met by Jones himself,