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Capture of the Macedonian.
The American frigate United States
Commodore Stephen Decatur, cruising between the Azores and Cape
Verde Islands, on October 25, 1812, was sighted by the British frigate
Macedonian
Captain John S. Carden, and the two ships joined action. A sanguinary fight was maintained when after two hours the Macedonian, losing her mizzenmast and main topmast, became unmanageable and with 104 casualties out of a total of 254, and many of her guns disabled, hauled down her colors. |