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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A Maltese frigate arrived in Leghorn severely damaged after a 1 hour 20 minute battle with two Barbary corsairs, suffering many casualties. A Portuguese ship intervened, sinking one corsair while chasing the other. The frigate requires major repairs, and wounded are treated under the Grand Duke's orders.
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"This day a Maltese frigate put in here in a very shattered condition, having had an engagement with two Barbary Corsairs, one hour and twenty minutes, in which many of his men were either killed or wounded, and the Captain says, that he had pointed a gun down to sink the ship, rather than fall into the hands of the Barbarians, when a Portuguese bore down upon them, and the second broadside sunk one, and the other sheered off, but that the Portuguese was going in chase of her. The Maltese frigate has been examined and is found so much damaged, that she must undergo a thorough repair before she can be put to sea again. The wounded men are sent to the Lazaretto, and surgeons are appointed by order of the Grand Duke to attend them."
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Leghorn
Event Date
March 8
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many men killed or wounded on the maltese frigate; one barbary corsair sunk, the other fled and chased by portuguese; frigate heavily damaged requiring thorough repair.
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Maltese frigate engaged two Barbary corsairs for one hour and twenty minutes, suffering heavy damage and casualties. The captain prepared to scuttle the ship to avoid capture, but a Portuguese vessel arrived, sinking one corsair with its second broadside while pursuing the other. The frigate limped into Leghorn, where wounded were sent to the Lazaretto and surgeons appointed by the Grand Duke.