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5750. NAVY, Bravery of.—[further continued].

On the water we have
proved to the world the error of British invincibility,
and shown that with equal force
and well-trained officers, they can be beaten
by other nations as brave as themselves.—
To Don V. Toronda Coruna. Washington ed. vi, 275.
(M. Dec. 1813)