Date published: 2008-01-01
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Nonfiction Chronology (ID308)Author: Brannon, Amy (ID30)
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1740-04-19 - 1740-04-19
Frigates park and send water boat (F14)
By dawn, both English frigates were parked right off the bar, at the same point of the compass (pointed north?).* They sat there all day.* A launch left the frigates on what appeared to be run for water.* It appeared to be going ashore near the point and shore of San Matheo.* Someone in St. Augustine sent two launches out to confront the water fetchers.* They must not have seen the Spanish launches coming.* They rested on their oars.* Their flagship fired a warning from their cannon, and the water boys saw the Spanish barges coming down on them.* The flagship fired again, and the water boat rowed back to the safety of the flagship.*
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