"The Battle of Red Bank, Resulting in the Defeat..." Topic

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Tango01	20 Jun 2019 3:01 p.m. PST
… of the Hessians and the Destruction of the British Frigate Augusta, Oct: 22 and 23, 1777 "Excerpt from The Battle of Red Bank, Resulting in the Defeat of the Hessians and the Destruction of the British Frigate Augusta, Oct: 22 and 23, 1777 The total weight of a broadside from all her guns was pounds. She was one of the finest vessels in the English Navy and was commanded by Captain Francis Reynolds, who afterwards became the Earl of Ducie. She was one of the ﬂeet under Admiral Richard Howe, who was a brother of Sir William Howe, who commanded the British soldiers then fighting the Continental Army…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
21eRegt	20 Jun 2019 5:33 p.m. PST
"The total weight of a broadside from all her guns was pounds" makes me a little hesitant. That and she wasn't a frigate but a 64 gunner makes me wonder how much research was done. I'll wait for some other reviews.
Tango01	21 Jun 2019 11:55 a.m. PST
ok Amicalement Armand
42flanker	23 Jun 2019 1:52 a.m. PST
This is the transcript of a paper given before the Gloucester County N.J. Historical Society in July 1905, in response to interest manifested by the local chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution in "the history of British Frigate Augusta." The original text can be read – here – link on archive.com., cheating those jackals at Forgotten Books of their ounce of flesh.

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