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On Feb. 9, 1799, the "Constellation" took the French frigate "Insurgente," and American cruisers and privateers had the satisfaction of retaliating for the numerous captures of American vessels by preying on French commerce. Measures were taken to raise land forces; but here again the rift in the Federal party appeared. Washington was made titular commander-in-chief.
Was it an enemy I had before my eyes? The love of my country, which boiled, at that period, in my young bosom, led me to hope it was." "'Are you for Mexico and the Insurgents? I exclaimed in a moment of excitement, ready to spring upon the unknown horseman, if he answered me in the negative." "'Mexico e Insurgente that is my password, replied the cavalier. 'I am the Colonel Garduno."
On the ninth of February, 1799, he captured the French frigate Insurgente, of which twenty-nine of the crew were killed and forty-four wounded. The Constellation had but one man killed and two wounded.
One of our frigates, the Constellation, Captain Thomas Truxton in command, captured the French frigate Insurgente, after a gallant fight. On another occasion, Truxton, in the Constellation, fought the Vengeance and would have taken her, but the Frenchman, finding he was getting much the worst of it, spread his sails and fled.
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