A number of Greek brigs and brigantines were at anchor in the bay of Beyrout.
The vessels employed in this service are usually Greek brigs or brigantines and schooners, and the number of passengers stowed in them is almost always horribly excessive.
BUT the period granted for such indulgence was not of long duration, for on the following morning the Tonnant, Ramilies, and two brigs stood to sea; and on the 26th the rest of the fleet got under weigh and followed the Admiral.
There were also two or three public ropewalks which shared the same fate, a fine frigate pierced for sixty guns, and just ready to be launched, several gun brigs and armed schooners, with a variety of gun-boats and small craft.
With this view the troops were removed from the larger into the lighter vessels, and these, under convoy of such gun-brigs as the shallowness of the water would float, began on the 13th to enter Lake Borgne.
On their arrival the fleet of the Commodore consisted of two small frigates, two brigs and four sloops.
Devonport and the Navy trainingbrigs and colleges all join the water frolic, and great is the disappointment when the weather is unfavourable.
Two American brigs passed down before us, and I have every reason to believe threw themselves into the enemy's hands last Wednesday.
By that time, when Brown had of necessity abandoned the offensive, "Commodore Chauncey has left three of his brigs to watch our vessels in the Niagara.
On the 20th of the month he reported that "five sail were now anchored between Point Peninsula and Stoney Island, about ten miles from the harbor, and two brigs between Stoney Island and Stoney Point, completely blocking both passes.
Being near the Florida coast, and thinking the brigs to be British, twenty or thirty of the crew took to the boats and fled ashore to escape anticipated impressment.
Yeo, holding both York and the mouth of the Niagara, ventured thither two brigs and two schooners, under Captain Dobbs, one of his officers.
The national brigs which put to sea were all captured, save one; and she was so notoriously dull of sailing that her escape was attributed to mere good luck, experienced on several critical occasions.
As Chauncey had reported on May 29 that the two brigs building there were launched, affairs on that lake began to wear a promising aspect.
This obstacle, hitherto a protection against naval attack, now imposed an extremely critical operation; for to get over, the brigs must be lightened of their guns and their hulls lifted upon floats.
At twenty-four Decatur got his first command, the Argus, one of the two sixteen-gun brigs which were to assist Commodore Preble in the reduction of the Barbary powers.
The brigs and schooners cruised about, their officers and men in anguish over the fate of their brave companions.
In 1806 he was made first lieutenant of the Siren, one of the smartbrigs that had done good service during the Tripolitan war.
Ships St. Domingo, Hogue, Maidstone, twobrigs and a schooner were driven on shore.
The "Delaware" sailed on its second cruise in the fall of 1779 in company with three other Letter-of-Marque brigs and one schooner.
In 1814, an American squadron of six brigsand schooners sailed from Lake Erie to retake the post of Mackinac.
Along the wharves of New Bedford and New London a few old brigs lie rotting, but so effective have been the ravages of time that scarcely any of the once great fleet survive even in this invalid condition.
The Revolution followed, and the whalemen of Nantucket and New Bedford stripped their vessels, sent down yards and all running rigging, stowed the sails, tied their barks and brigs to the deserted wharves and went out of business.
An hour later the two brigs parted company, the second mate and twelve hands being placed on board the Spaniard.
During this summer the Tartar frigate was lost, and two gun-brigs were captured by the Danes, from whom several privateers and gun-boats were taken, and an exchange of prisoners was made.
The Podargus and Flamer, in the mean time, were warmly engaged with numerous batteries and gun-boats, bothbrigs being aground; but by the uncommon exertion and extreme gallantry of Capt.
In this situation the prize brigs grounded, and notwithstanding every exertion on the part of Lieut.
In half an hour the frigate was literally battered to atoms, and the flames bursting forth from her hatchways; the brigs had also struck, and most of the gun-boats were completely beaten, and some sunk.
I should wish to have some of such gun-brigs as your excellency can allow, and other small vessels, to send up to the Finnish Gulf, where they would be of no little service.
Evans, returned to Boston from a cruise, having captured during an absence of four months, 2 British brigs and 1 ship, 1 American brig with a British license, and a schooner.
The British squadron under Warren captured 3 French brigs and 1 sloop, laden with provisions.
The British squadron, Sir Edward Pellew, captured near the Penmarks, 8 French vessels, burnt 2 ships, 3 brigs and 2 sloops.
Colonel MEIGS made a successful attack on the British stores at Sag harbor, destroyed 12 British brigs and schooners, and great quantities of stores, and brought away 90 British prisoners, without sustaining any loss.
British squadron under Warren captured near the isle of Aix, 8 French vessels, and destroyed 10 brigs and a lugger, laden with provisions and clothing for the French fleet and army.
Gradually the two brigs neared each other, until the lap and swirl of the water along our antagonists' sides could be distinctly heard.
Brigs and schooners, being light and handy craft, are generally used by pirates and smugglers in the prosecution of their lawless pursuits, and many a deed of bloodshed and horror has been done on board such craft by those miscreants.
Some brigs are larger than barques, but generally the barque is the larger vessel.
They ran up to Presque Isle (now called Erie), where two 20-gun brigs were being constructed under the directions of the indefatigable captain.
An 18-gun brig, the Weasel, fought two 16-gun brigs till one of them blew up.
I shall anticipate somewhat by giving tabular lists of the comparative forces, after the two British frigates, the two American frigates, and the two American brigs had all been equipped and manned.
French historians asserted that the capture of the two brigs proved that "French valor could conquer British courage"; and a similar opinion was very complacently expressed by British historians after the defeat of the Argus.
The Boxer at once hoisted three British ensigns and bore up for the Enterprise, then standing in on the starboard tack; but when the two brigs were still 4 miles apart it fell calm.
Then she ran down to the Bay of Fundy, steered along the coast of Nova Scotia, and thence toward Newfoundland, and finally took her station off Cape Race in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where she took and burned two brigs of little value.
The Nautilus, 14, was cruising off New Jersey, and the other small brigs were also off the coast.
Hitherto this had prevented the enemy from getting in; now it prevented the two brigs from getting out.
The favorite rig was that of a schooner, but there were many brigsand brigantines.
Five vessels being heavily laden, though they had been run aground, were not close to the shore, and these were soon captured; but twobrigs being empty, were placed close under the fire of the troops in the intrenchments.
Hastings then made the signal for all the boats of the squadron to take possession of the Algerine schooner and the two other brigs which were not on fire.
It was found impossible to get the twobrigs afloat; and, as their sails had been landed, it would have been impossible to navigate them.
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