Seawell, Molly Elliot, 1860-1916, D. Appleton and Company. pbl, Appleton Press. prt elt · New York : D. Appleton and Company · leaf 111
t of the Serapis. In orderto keep the wind and to deaden her way, the Bon HommeRichards topsails were backed, and she passed slowlyahead of the Serapis, taking the wind out of her sails.The Serapis was a short ship, and answered her helmbeautifully, in contrast to the lumbering Bon HommeRichard. As… … At the first discharge two of the guns burst* PAUL JONES. 93 pis let fly her starboard batteries, and the Bon HommeRichard replied with her port batteries ; but at the veryfirst discharge of the six eighteen-pound guns on the BonHomme Richard, the pieces being old and defective, twoof them burst…
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