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Domestic News
April 6, 1822
Winchester Gazette
Winchester, Virginia
What is this article about?
US schooner Enterprise captured eight piratical vessels and 160 crew members off Cape Antonio on the 5th instant, as reported by Captain Seabury of the brig Joseph in Boston.
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A HANDSOME HAUL OF PIRATES
"At one fell swoop," is announced in the Boston Daily Advertiser. Captain Seabury of the brig Joseph, at Holmes' Hole from Cuba, states, that on the 5th instant, he was boarded in sight of Cape Antonio, by the United States schooner Enterprise, and informed that she had, that morning captured eight piratical vessels, and had their crews on board, amounting to 160 men. This energy and enterprise properly pursued, will soon rid the common highway of nations of those gangs of marauders, which have made of the ocean a kind of maritime Hounslow Heath. Balt. Pat.
"At one fell swoop," is announced in the Boston Daily Advertiser. Captain Seabury of the brig Joseph, at Holmes' Hole from Cuba, states, that on the 5th instant, he was boarded in sight of Cape Antonio, by the United States schooner Enterprise, and informed that she had, that morning captured eight piratical vessels, and had their crews on board, amounting to 160 men. This energy and enterprise properly pursued, will soon rid the common highway of nations of those gangs of marauders, which have made of the ocean a kind of maritime Hounslow Heath. Balt. Pat.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime
Shipping
Military
What keywords are associated?
Pirate Capture
Us Schooner Enterprise
Cape Antonio
Piratical Vessels
What entities or persons were involved?
Captain Seabury
Where did it happen?
Cape Antonio
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Cape Antonio
Event Date
5th Instant
Key Persons
Captain Seabury
Outcome
eight piratical vessels captured; crews amounting to 160 men taken on board
Event Details
Captain Seabury of the brig Joseph was boarded by the US schooner Enterprise in sight of Cape Antonio and informed that she had captured eight piratical vessels and their crews that morning.