 | Charles Johnson - Brigands and robbers - 1813 - 556 pages
...entirely of eigh. teen. pounders. " I had now remaining two enemies yet more formidable than the English, fire and water. The Serapis was attacked only by the first, but my ship was at'acked by them both. There was six feet of water in the hold; and though the wind was... | |
 | John Henry Sherburne - United States - 1825 - 374 pages
...built on their most approved construction, with two complete batteries, one of them of 1 8 pounders, and commanded by the brave Commodore Richard Pearson....the Bon homme Richard was assailed by both : there were five feet water in the hold, and though it was moderate from the explosion of so much gunpowder,... | |
 | John Henry Sherburne - United States - 1825 - 400 pages
...built on their most approved construction, with two complete batteries, one of them of 1 8 pounders, and commanded by the brave Commodore Richard Pearson....the Bon homme Richard was assailed by both : there were five feet water in the hold, and though it was moderate from the explosion of so much gunpowder,... | |
 | John Paul Jones - United States - 1830 - 358 pages
...built on the most approved construction, with two complete batteries, one of them of eighteen-pounders, and commanded by the brave Commodore Richard Pearson....though it was moderate from the explosion of so much gunpowder, yet the three pumps that remained could with difficulty only keep the water from gaining.... | |
 | John Paul Jones - 1845 - 416 pages
...built on the most approved construction, with two complete batteries, one of them of eighteen-pounders, and commanded by the brave Commodore Richard Pearson....though it was moderate from the explosion of so much gunpowder, yet the three pumps that remained could with difficulty only keep the water from gaining.... | |
 | Robert Sears - United States - 1847 - 470 pages
...fast, ours rather increased, and the British colors were struck at half an hour past ten o'clock. 837 the first, but the Bon Homme Richard was assailed...though it was moderate from the explosion of so much gunpowder, yet the three pumps that remained could with difficulty only keep the water from gaining.... | |
 | Robert Sears - United States - 1848 - 448 pages
...built on the most approved construction, with two complete batteries, one of them of eighteen-pounders, and commanded by the brave Commodore Richard Pearson....Homme Richard was assailed by both ; there was five feel water in the hold, and though it was moderate from the explosion of so much gunpowder, yet the... | |
 | George Atkinson - Cumbria (England) - 1850 - 382 pages
...built on the most approved construction, with two complete batteries, one of them of eighteen-pounders, and commanded by the brave Commodore Richard Pearson....though it was moderate from the explosion of so much gunpowder, yet the three pumps that remained could with difficulty only keep the water from gaining.... | |
 | John Frost - Naval battles - 1850 - 462 pages
...built on the most approved construction, with two complete batteries, one of them eighteen-poundcrs, and commanded by the brave Commodore Richard Pearson....The Serapis was attacked only by the first, but the BonHomme Richard was assailed by both ; there was five feet water in the hold, and though it was moderate... | |
 | Robert Sears - United States - 1850 - 448 pages
...struck. at half an hour past ten o'clock. OF THE AMERICAN RfiVoLUTION. FIG 143.— Medal presented to the first, but the Bon Homme Richard was assailed...though it was moderate from the explosion of so much gunpowderyyet the three pumps that remained could with difficulty only keep the water from gaining.... | |
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Richard was assailed by both; there was five feet water in the hold, and though it was moderate from the explosion of so much gunpowder, yet the three pumps that remained could with difficulty only keep the water from gaining. The fire broke out in various... 
