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United States (United States) (search for this): entry argus-capture-of-the
Argus, capture of the.
The American brig Argus, Capt. W. H. Allen, bore to France William H. Crawford, United States minister to that government.
She afterwards cruised in British waters, and by the celerity of her movements and destructive energy she spread consternation throughout commercial England.
She carried 32-pound carronades and two bowguns; and her commander, who had served under Decatur, was one of the most gallant men of the navy.
He roamed the chops of the Channel successfully; and, sailing around Land's End, in the space of thirty days he captured no less than twenty valuable British merchantmen, with cargoes valued at $2,000,000. Too far away from friendly ports into which he might send his prizes, he burned all the vessels.
Every non-combatant captive he allowed to remove his private property, and for this generosity he was thanked by them.
The British government, alarmed by the exploits of the Argus, sent out several cruisers after her. Just before the dawn