’s guns just before their parent ships could capture up, creating them quick targets for an American crew who was rather adept at blowing goal barrels out on the water. As a result, the British ended up obliged to hold back, sustaining the chase but expecting a wind to revive their maneuve

’s bow, Bainbridge stopped Aged Ironsides inside a basic “crossing-the-T” posture. For the couple tense minutes, all was quiet since the British sailors stared in the threatening muzzles of their adversary’s guns, and Bainbridge’s Gentlemen stood prepared to fire th