| Show outgeneraled ator luck the bonhomme Bon hommo richard was an nn lucky ship paul bonca himself on taking command of her at JL orient franco wrote a most doleful letter about her to ono of his aristocratic patronesses patro nesses in paris she was a workout old indiaman and fourteen diac rent languages aro spoken in r decastle fe castle said jones dismayed at tho appearance of his motley crew two days out at sea the bonhomme Bon hommo richard was fouled by her consort the alliance and had her jib boom and fore topmast carried away tones then put back to lorient perfectly convinced of but through that accident he found american seamen who had just been released from english prisons by exchange among them was richard dale whom jones at once appointed first lieutenant these all volunteered into tho richard jones promptly discharging enough of his polyglots to make way for them prior to that he had only about 40 americans this addition made 15 1 fighting yankee seamen and they were the men who made the sick a few weeks later off the cast coast of england thus that the grandest exploit in naval history was achieved by an unlucky ship and she obtained the means of achieving it through adis accident philadelphia times |
