O Brien (DD 975) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE LEXINGTON OF THE SEA Bom :it Kittvry, Nllllllv' iii IT into .1--r--11441: Hilti'-rf is-ioi-2 ha-comv vaptznn nf Lliw- fini .Xziwrn .ii. ,nip L., -':g,g.i4'- .xml il'-TF-1' thi- Hritisli in n.iv.il -onflnt during Y.ii-- li:--.1,i4.14V,riJrj. VN! Machiau, Mnui--, gi wmgrll lumiwr U-xp-iriimf-wr1.11-':f-1if- 4:1-lhiff Iilfillluli of lllf' liilllll' ln'lwl'I'!i 1J'Hlill',Niw ilizfi, l Nl l X. -lilli ill Hfllltsli Vu'-ravi, M:XlUirXlH'.Jl'l.X, 1-'I' .v'1 l .i. lla-' U'iil'1 Zl l'.x11.:l'. lmnu- during tin- pr--wir i.--.irw lin' Milf:-41. .i::.rL',, it nz.. if Jvrvznmh was ilu- i-lil 1--x 1, iznulv' l mimi hw mr'-T - .1 ri Hi imiiiilifiil lurnlwr-'nip lypinnl-iff-1,1-1...i. .i..fl .'.i:s+.f:-1..:L1 if- 4- lnllln- iw kiinwii ful' f'x5:!.i:r. lfllra' .' 'DU' ff wail!--rn-el In-Hvr-. .incl r--l 'r--in wir' lvf 1-1.3 ' - '-'l -ffl: lin- ll:-vwluliuix null, -il' 1'1f ur .f'. 'lv' :'1 f I 1 if 'N l:Nl4l'Y'M.-Xllfi.XlH'fl'l,Xvw- 1l Il -1 v-a' uii.!l1.ilXl.i1lni.g11lff, 22: ' 1 fmmlu-wi, Hum! uf willful in 1- v..-l ,. 1 lnnlq- lg liqluul Join-1.4 llfv ul' if li 1- Z'I 'il ZH! ff i 1ullh'Wli.lllil1lfl'!li,H1IW'-l lf!-1' -'-l, 1 ' 1' il -'N ll! llh' pull!! llll' lu' l' f . :lvl L' ..i x i i ' l liuufwliulrl in li--vfiii, if-li-rf Q .' ,li w . , 1 1, urilvr lu niwr-' -'lo-N-lx 4npvr'.:.-' Q ruxriw 1' , 'T if'- 11' 'flw lluwvvvr, .iftvrtliv li.llYlv'.1vl' I..-xzrfii' 'fl 1 5 l ' A f Xi-fd nf Julia . ll-will-'il ll:.lf i1l ' 17: ll- K 'A'r 1 1: ,QI lv- Vw 'fi-1 rveky Hliuulil lw-liliinw -irizgif. .1r'+l fl-'Illini '-- r-'rf 1' in A ' Mzn'ln.u with ln. mo iuml--'r ff.v1.gwr'-. X- f- l '-I T 'I amd l'Ul.l.Y lluxlwn. .if flux rrni-x ni- 'zrwifr - Hrvzwil nnlimry rulv :mu-mt.i2i:ng ffm' -If-fr-1 -'fi-' i l MIlli'i WW Ailniirnl S.unu.il lirzm-Q. w rl:.if ln- 3'-' 121 iv--X-l g 1'-- -uh' li ' For lhv rvlexi'--' of ln- Qliip-,tmlgui'-l-,.F11:-'..igjT-'-'fl ll'l2l'T1 Boston with two xlill' lrmilf- ol' lnnllx r-- Q fl-wl l'.v:'i1fr -i-'vznfffi 5' r lin' wfmrnriiozi of troop barracks. As insurance that the terms .if Lin- mrggun ln- gnlin-red to, Graves arranged for an armed iw.-Uri, mi- Nmlitl.-XllbI'l'l'A, io uccoxnpany Joncs and his krxxvlu, .Xl.le'IZilx'xl liy llh' Ni.-'lRli. lRl':T'l'A, lllt' UNITY lllld mul--li into INl.wlii,u Harbor in curly June 1775. A British unrwiiip vnu .xlurul thc limi thing Ilia' Mzlcllixlx ilillnbiuulm .--.pw L--ii, wr il--url-fi, lu wo that Junv 9 morning. Earlier that lliwlllll lliv ri-mir-:mis limi lx-vn so c-lun-d by thv news of lmxiieigz-ie: .uni Voznwirni lliul thi-5' crm-clvd one of Lhv first lil---ri-. p-sl-is uf lin' rm und, t'Ull!N'QUl'lllly, lhvy wen' ilicvllwd rv. iii-- pr-H---1.1 v- of gi llrxtirvh aynihol of powvr in thvir Own mr?--lx lm'-fi ilu-w riiviixiinaiin-vs, ilu- spark that most ir. mr-ix ni. rwpoiiolili- for imlmung Lhv favry chain of events 'hifi 1'-if:'1ig iz: lln- il:-fnil nf ilu' Mx'lllfiAlU':'I'l'1'l WHS struck by 'rn Nl kill . UH- l'l .X uiplnixi. Jannvh Moon-, whu-n hc demanded fin r i'n-ml wif ilu- lilu-riy pole- :incl lhrv:llA'nvd inimcdiulc fv'jYx'.lif-lil-1ll1liilH11flll'I' gn unlu-ods-d. LH! hy ti.-5-:nm Ultra'-n :ind Colonvl Bvnjumin Foster, the a:,1'i.r:.i -il llixniwg r--f rplv fl:-rlzirvd war on lhv British Empiro and ii.i.:iI-. wrnpf- .--. l QI plan ln rapture- tha- principal officers of '-l XH4 Milli VI .X :ik Ili'-y zillvriclml svn'i1'4'S ul the local church :mr 5l.lIlfi.l'v' Mr- um'-trim-1-f. pr:-w-nu-d :i suvcossful conclusion f-A this -- lmfmv rs-wltnrig in n snff- rvtrvat by the British back to eil-:r -hip Nm :uw-ptim: fmlurv. thc- dauntlcss townspeople if-ig.-if .ui all night program of hnrassmvnt fire from shore I-unlzrigj lo Tim'rlarniigf'fifth'-M1'lRGARl'IT'I'1'l'5 main boom and for' mg ii- r ro f-hip hr-r anrhor and move further out into the img' for inf: fy,