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Excerpt from The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth Birth and Education - Anecdote of early daring - Enters the Navy - Leaves his ship, with one of his companions, at Marseilles - Joins the Blonde, Captain Pownoll - His activity - Anecdote of General Burgoyne - Instance of extraordinary boldness - Campaign on the Lakes of Ca nada - Distinguishes himself in the actions of October 11th, and 13th, l'776 - Complimented by Sir C. Doug las, Lord Howe, and Earl Sandwich - Appointed to com mand the Carleton - Nearly takes General Arnold Narrowly escapes being made prisoner - Commands a brigade of seamen in Burgoyne's campaign - In danger of killing his brother - Events of the campaign - Constructs a bridge, by which the army crosses to Saratoga - His brother killed in action - Recaptures a provision vessel from the enemy - Admitted to the Council of War, and pleads that the sailors may be exempted from the capitula tion - Sent home with despatches in a transport Defends her against a privateer - Promoted to be a Lieutenant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.