Boston-Berceau Action
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| Boston-Berceau Action | |||||||
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| Part of Quasi-War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States |
 France |
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| Commanders | |||||||
| Captain George Little | unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1 frigate | 1 corvette | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 7 killed 8 wounded |
1 corvette captured | ||||||
(October 12, 1800). Off Guadeloupe during naval hostilities with France, the USS Boston (thirty-six guns), Capt. George Little, captured the French corvette Le Berceau after a twelve-hour chase and a stubborn engagement extending intermittently from 4:30 till after 10 P.M. Though almost completely dismantled, the Berceau was towed into Boston as a prize.
[edit] References
- Dictionary of American History by James Truslow Adams, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940
