And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Le Vengeur sinks during The Glorious First of June in 1794 after a furious engagement with HMS Brunswick, by Julian Bruere
The sinking of Le Vengeur was unintended, and a great loss of valuable prize money that the captain and crew of the Brunswick would have received
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