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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Battles. (search)
t River (latter destroyed)Aug. 13, 1779 Bon Homme Richard and the Alliance against the Serapis (off coast of England）Sept. 23 1779 American fleet captured the Scarborough (off coast of England）Sept. 23 1779 French fleet attacked Savannah (forced Sept. 23 1779 French fleet attacked Savannah (forced by the British to withdraw)Oct. 9, 1779 War with the Indians. Miami RiverOct. 19 and 22, St. Clair's DefeatNov. 4, 1791 Fort St. ClairNov. 6, 1792 Near Fort St. ClairOct. 17, 1793 Fort RecoveryJune 30, 1794 Maumee Rapids (Fallen Timber)Aug. t River (latter destroyed)Aug. 13, 1779 Bon Homme Richard and the Alliance against the Serapis (off coast of England）Sept. 23 1779 American fleet captured the Scarborough (off coast of England）Sept. 23 1779 French fleet attacked Savannah (forced Sept. 23 1779 French fleet attacked Savannah (forced by the British to withdraw)Oct. 9, 1779 War with the Indians. Miami RiverOct. 19 and 22, St. Clair's DefeatNov. 4, 1791 Fort St. ClairNov. 6, 1792 Near Fort St. ClairOct. 17, 1793 Fort RecoveryJune 30, 1794 Maumee Rapids (Fallen Timber)Aug.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cottineau, Denis Nicholas 1746-1798 (search)
Cottineau, Denis Nicholas 1746-1798 Naval officer; born in Nantes, France, in 1746; became a lieutenant in the French navy; and in the battle between the American squadron under Paul Jones and the British fleet under Sir Richard Pearson, Sept. 23, 1779, commanded the American ship Pallas. Cottineau is mentioned in high terms by James Fenimore Cooper in his History of the Navy of the United States. He died in Savannah, Ga., Nov. 29, 1798. cotton, John
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jones, John Paul 1747- (search)
larm. Late in September, while Jones's squadron lay a few leagues north of the mouth of the Humber, he discovered the Baltic fleet of forty merchantmen (convoyed by the Serapis, a 44-gun ship, and the Countess of Scarborough, of twenty-two guns), stretching out from Flamborough Head. Jones signalled for a chase, and all but the Alliance, Captain Landais, obeyed. While the opposing war-ships were manoeuvring for advantage, night fell upon the scene. At seven o'clock in the evening of Sept. 23, 1779, one of the most desperate of recorded sea-fights began. the Bon Homme Richard and Serapis, Captain Pearson, came so close to each other that their spars and rigging became entangled, and Jones attempted to board his antagonist. A short contest with pike, pistol, and cutlass ensued, and Jones was repulsed. The vessels separated, and were soon placed broadside to broadside, so close that the muzzles of their guns touched each other. Both vessels were dreadfully shattered; and, at one
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Revolutionary War, (search)
t D'Estaing Sept. 3, 1779 Congress votes thanks and a gold medal to Major Lee, for surprising and capturing (Aug. 19) the British garrison at Paulus's Hook Sept., 1779 Congress guarantees the Floridas to Spain if she takes them from Great Britain, provided the United States should enjoy the free navigation of the Mississippi River Sept. 17, 1779 Naval engagement off Flamborough Head, England; the Bon Homme Richard (American), Paul Jones commander, captures the British gun-ship Serapis Sept. 23, 1779 John Jay appointed minister to Spain, and John Adams to negotiate a peace with Great Britain Sept. 27, 1779 Siege of Savannah, Ga., by Americans and French, fails; Pulaski killedSept. 23-Oct. 9, 1779 A company of British regulars and four armed vessels in the Ogeechee River, Ga., surrenders to Colonel WhiteOct. 1, 1779 British evacuate Rhode Island Oct. 11-25, 1779 M. Gerard succeeded by the Chevalier de la Luzerne as minister from France to the United StatesNov. 17, 1779 Ameri
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
......March 4, 1779 Governor Wright returns to Georgia......July 13, 1779 As British invasion prevented carrying the constitution into effect, the supreme executive council is clothed with plenary power and elects John Wereat president......Aug. 6, 1779 Count d'estaing, with fleet of thirty-three war-vessels, surprises and captures part of British fleet under Sir James Wallace, commanding Tybee station......Sept. 3, 1779 Armies of Lincoln and D'Estaing besiege Savannah......Sept. 23, 1779 Captain French with 111 British, and five vessels with crews and ammunition, frightened by bonfires and voices, surrender to Col. John White of Georgia line and six Americans......Oct. 1, 1779 Americans and French attack Savannah; lose 1,100 killed and wounded out of 4,000 and abandon siege, bearing away Count Pulaski, mortally wounded......Oct. 9, 1779 A dissatisfied faction elects George Walton governor, appoints executive councillors, and elects delegates to Congress, produci