Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-03-21
FOUND GOOD IN ALL Lost TO HISTORY
Sea Fight in Which Lone English
Frigate Was Victor.
Mediator Vanqushed the Alexander
and Pursued and Captured One Of
the Escaping Ships Of the
American-French Squadron.

So many battles were fought at So.
during the revolutionary war thar
some of them have been lost to his
tory. Also a majority Of the SHY
engaged were priylteersmcu aat
ships carrying letters of mar9u.
whose captains did not report TO any
government. or at least only to state
governments. CCusequ ntly many bar.
lies are unknown now because rec.
orts have gone asJray in ,he sUCC.s..
ing years.
Just recently Edgar Stanton Mac...
a persistent historian has uueartn..
accounts of some forgotten sea flight.
c; the revolution, the most iuteres-r-
60. which is the defeat of q FT....
American squadron of the coast r.
spain BY a lone English frigate. J.
cember y. 1882, the Kansas Co.,.
Times remarks.
The English frigate Mediator. car
rying forty-four guns and PCS mo.
sighted a fleet OF FIVE sail in The ng.
OF Biscay about : o'clock tine mornt..
OF December -, 1882. Capt J-.
LuttrelI, commanding, immediate"
brought his ship up to ward them .~
his lee. He, no doubt. expected d..
ind four French or Spanish mercAaa
men conveyed by a war yga-a. ..
about his own strength
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r~oarbfDo sor.dror He attacr,Id in
stead of WAITING for the five sbi7s m
aseau him Hn made for the ce7-
-ar of the allied limo An FIVE sbirs
ral,ad him but the shots went hir-.
md ala e,,ou d,r,.go Tho Mediator
eiroIad ont the AIavander and closed
in close battIa with If cant Gregory
signaled his fellow captaius to come
10 his sunport But as the French
did in several other ergagaments the
Eugene DauDin, ROYAL one fricate
and tho other a corvette and the Ne
naonrie Nh. on sail and deserted Tho
feeble AmiabIa Eunice followed suit
Co,. ru,uo-,, ,-o. not a., o7cor or
the regular navy but a privateersmau
armed only rs \ commerce DESTROYER.
But he put I'D a gallant fight. For
four hours he iockpved for pCeftfon
with the Mediator and PROLONGED he
fgbt At last he was forced to strike
ir was afternoon before Cant. LuttreU
could Mace a prize crew aboard and
sail in pursuit Of the ether ships.
He s,art.d after rho ,Ian.-ar..
,ybiob u,oe trying N roach Tho mort ~
Forr.I Nv : O'clock he care within
Iora orr sbot of tho FrancbroD
r,,,7,i1e- eobt bagan which andad IN
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oria s+ruck can't TuttreU sent moro
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.Iaid ~, mill morning m conrirre the.
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RovoI we're sighted AZ sunrise The
Mediator started for them. but soon
80 ~, the chase Cant IuttreT had
o,I,, ION of his crew on hoard after
-,rdirs avav two nriza crews He
boa oco rrieoDars in his hold
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