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Library of Congress1904

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 3, 1904

A BATTLE OF SONGS How a Contest Between Yankae Prisoners and a British Crew Ended I have been in a number of full fieriged naval actions myself and in many more scrimmages said a vener able manofwars man the other day so I am entitled to know something about the subject but I am free to con fess that the strangest tight on the high seas I ever heard about was one in which my father took part when be was a prisoner in the War of 1812 My f ather when a young man enlisted on the American privateer Prince de Neufchatel which as you may know was one of the most famous privateers in oursecond war against Great Britain She belonged to the estate of Mrs Charrten of New York and on Octobei U 1814 while under the command of a Hebrew named J Ordronaux beat ofl the boats of the English frigate Eudy mion with a loss of 49 killed 31 wounded and 30 prisoners to the enemy a total loss of 116 men or more than half of the number of the attacking party It was when the Prince de Neuf chatel arrived in Boston after

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Library of Congress1889

In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1889. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 3046.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 3046) to place James T. Peale on the retired list of the United States Army, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to submit the following report

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