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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Details on the recent naval engagement between Capt. Truxton's USS Constellation and the French ship Voluntaire, including ship ratings, observations of damage, separation from Insurgente, and minor bruising to Truxton.
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We have a French list for '98, in which the Voluntaire is rated as 50 gun ship She is a very large vessel, and mounted 58 guns in the late action.
Capt Shaw. who was on board of the Constellation after the engagement, saw a twenty-four pound shot which had lighted on her deck; from which it is presumed that the enemy was superior in metal.
The Constellation had parted from the Insurgente but 10 hours previous to her falling in with the Frenchman.
We are happy to state, that the only personal injury sustained by Com. Truxton, during the action, was being a little bruised by a quad of rigging falling on him.
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com. truxton slightly bruised by falling rigging; no other personal injuries mentioned; enemy ship presumed to seek port in spanish main; constellation observed enemy shot on deck indicating superior enemy armament.
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The USS Constellation under Capt. Truxton engaged the French ship Voluntaire, rated as a 50-gun ship but mounting 58 guns, returning from Cayenne. Capt. Shaw observed a 24-pound shot on Constellation's deck post-engagement, suggesting enemy superiority in metal. Constellation had separated from Insurgente 10 hours prior.