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HMS Anaconda was an 18-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy during the War of 1812.She was cruising as an American privateer until sailors from HMS Sceptre captured her in 1813. . She served briefly in the Royal Navy during the later stages of the War of 1812, especially at the Battle of New Orleans, before being sold in Jamaica in 18
The British had difficulty in rowing up the Rappahannock so during the descent twelve of the boats fell far behind leaving only five British craft, one 12-pounder and 105 officers and men to make the attack. [4] Four of the pursued ships were schooners under the command of privateer William Josephus Stafford in the twelve gun Dolphin.
Bill Johnston (February 1, 1782 – February 17, 1870) was a Canadian-American smuggler, river pirate, and War of 1812 privateer.Born in Canada, Johnston was accused of spying in 1812 and he joined the American side of the war and lived the rest of his life in the United States.
Captains of the privateers of the War of 1812. Ho-Ho-Kus Publishing Company, 1994. Documents about Prince de Neufchatel in the possession of the UK National Archives; Drawing of Prince de Neufchatel in the UK National Maritime Museum; The battle with HMS Endymion in: Maclay, E.S., A History of American Privateers, New York, 1899
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The Battle of Fayal was a military engagement fought between American and British forces on September 26–27, 1814 during the War of 1812. It occurred near the Portuguese city of Horta on Faial Island, [a] in the Azores. A Royal Navy squadron on its way to Jamaica and Louisiana attacked the American privateer General Armstrong while she was at ...
In July 1812, she cleared the Capes of the Delaware, and when two days out she took the brig Tulip, Captain Monk, just out from New York. On 3 August Atlas captured Pursuit , of 450 tons, carrying 16 guns and a crew of 35 men, and Planter , of 280 tons, carrying twelve 12-pounders and a crew of 15 men.
The Battle of Borodino is a 2-player wargame that uses the same rules system as SPI's popular Napoleon at Waterloo game published the year before. Turns are "I go, You Go", where one player moves their pieces and engages in combat, and then the other player gets the same opportunity.