Extrait du journal de la Licorne depuis le 16 jusqu’au 19 avril 1781 : contenant la relation de son combat avec la fregate anglaise la Resource
1781
MSS L2021F7
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Title
Extrait du journal de la Licorne depuis le 16 jusqu’au 19 avril 1781 : contenant la relation de son combat avec la fregate anglaise la Resource
Published
[S.l.] 1781
Description
13 p. ; 32 cm.
Call Number
MSS L2021F7
Note
Account of the French ship La Licorne's battle with the HMS Resource off Pensacola in April 1781.
As this narrative explains, La Licorne, a twenty-gun corvette, had been separated from its squadron off the southern coast of the Florida panhandle, when the captain and crew encountered and engaged an enemy British ship. Having misjudged the strength of their opponent, the French captain fought "to save the honor of the flag as long as possible," but finally decided "it was much better for the interest of the state to save the brave people who remained to me rather than to sacrifice them to a certain and inevitable loss." When he surrendered, he was surprised to learn that the Resource was commanded by a sixteen-year-old, Capt. Bartholomew Rowley. He praised Rowle’s treatment of his captives and the heroism of the French officers in the hopeless fight.
The encounter between La Licorne and the Resource is known from Rowley's account that was published in the London gazette July 31, 1781; this unpublished ms. provides the French perspective.
Stitched with ribbon.
Full transcription and translation in case file.
As this narrative explains, La Licorne, a twenty-gun corvette, had been separated from its squadron off the southern coast of the Florida panhandle, when the captain and crew encountered and engaged an enemy British ship. Having misjudged the strength of their opponent, the French captain fought "to save the honor of the flag as long as possible," but finally decided "it was much better for the interest of the state to save the brave people who remained to me rather than to sacrifice them to a certain and inevitable loss." When he surrendered, he was surprised to learn that the Resource was commanded by a sixteen-year-old, Capt. Bartholomew Rowley. He praised Rowle’s treatment of his captives and the heroism of the French officers in the hopeless fight.
The encounter between La Licorne and the Resource is known from Rowley's account that was published in the London gazette July 31, 1781; this unpublished ms. provides the French perspective.
Stitched with ribbon.
Full transcription and translation in case file.
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