Excerpt from Deeds or Naval Daring: Anecdotes of the British Navy The year 1761 witnessed an action which may fairly be set down as one of the most conspi cuous for the daring it exhibited, most successful in its results to the victors, and most singular in the circumstances under which it was fought, for we see an Officer carrying valuable freights, which would, had merely prudential considera tions existed, have been sufficient justification for his avoiding an action with an enemy of equal force, seeking out and pursuing with energy antagonist far superior to himself in every respect, under the following circumstances. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.