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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Capt. Smith, sailing from London, was abandoned by his convoy and later engaged a superior French letter of marque in fog off the Lizard, fighting for 3.5 hours before capture; his ship taken to Rochelle with enemy casualties.
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He writes, "That after he had waited three Months for Convoy, he was at last put under Convoy of Capt. Innys in the Mermaid, who ungenteerously left him with several other Ships which could not sail so well as the Mermaid, in the Night between the 16th and 17th of Sept. about 150 Leagues to the Westward of the Lizard :-
That on the 29th in a Fog he met with a French Letter of Marque of 14 Guns 8 and 4 Pounders, 57 Men besides Passengers, which he engaged for 3 Hours and an half, with his 6 Guns, 12 Men and Boys, after which he was forced to submit to the Enemy, for Want of Close Quarters: They killed two of the Enemy, and wounded several others, three of which died. They were carried into Rochelle."
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150 Leagues To The Westward Of The Lizard, Carried Into Rochelle
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September (Year Not Specified)
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After waiting three months for convoy and being abandoned by Capt. Innys in the Mermaid on the night of September 16-17, Capt. Smith encountered a French letter of marque on September 29 in fog, engaged it for 3.5 hours with inferior force, killed two and wounded several enemies before submitting due to inability to close quarters, and was taken to Rochelle.