On this day in 1778,
John Paul Jones, aboard his ship, the USS Ranger, launches a surprise attack a harbor fort. Jones decides to burn the fort; the blaze ultimately consumed the entire town. It is the only American raid on English shores during the Battle of Whitehaven.
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John Paul Jones, aboard his ship, the USS Ranger, launches a surprise attack a harbor fort. Jones decides to burn the fort; the blaze ultimately consumed the entire town. It is the only American raid on English shores during the Battle of Whitehaven.
More Colonial Battles
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