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The Shark man of war, Capt Bennett [sic John Chapman], on her way from Antigua to this island, opposite the island of Martinico, fell in with a North American privateer, mounting 18 ten pounders. The action lasted near two hours, when the latter was obliged to sheer off; and the former pursued till she received two twenty-four pound shot from the fort at Martinico, which obliged her to desist;...
Date: 1 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6