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Cutting out the Sandwich
In May, 1800, the USS Constitution, commanded by Captain Silas Talbot, looked into the neutral port of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, (pictured above) and found a French privateer, the former British packet Sandwich, sheltered there. Captain Talbot tells the story:
Filed under Age of Sail, Naval Operations, Naval Tactics
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