A Full and Correct Account of the Chief Naval Occurences of the Late War Between Great Britain and the United States of America (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Full and Correct Account of the Chief Naval Occurences of the Late War: Between Great Britain and the United States of America A second edition, or, rather, an entirely new work, is now offered to the public. Not only have the details of each action been more fully and correctly stated, and the comparative force of the parties, more clearly exhibited; but many naval occurrences of the late war, not noticed in the Halifax edition, have been added: and, as the American historians have commenced attacking the British naval cha racter, from the war of 1776, it was incum bent upon the author to bestow a Slight re trospect upon the events Of that early period. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.