Troude

But I question if Troude really knew anything about the combatants; he gives the _Boston_ (of the same size and build as the _Cyane_) 48 guns -- a number impossible for her to carry.

The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans Theodore Roosevelt 1888

The single combats were too numerous for me to mention them here; and besides it would be impossible to get at the truth without going to a great deal of trouble -- the accounts given by Cooper, Sohomberg, and Troude differing so widely that they can often hardly be recognized as treating of the same events.

The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans Theodore Roosevelt 1888

Troude (iii, p. 219) gives the _Berceau_ 30 guns, 22 long 8's, and 8 12-pound carronades.

The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans Theodore Roosevelt 1888

British sloop and corvette on the one side, and a French frigate on the other, and which is given in full by both James and Troude.

The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans Theodore Roosevelt 1888

Troude (vol. iii, pp. 201, and 216) describes the armament of the latter as 26 long 18's,

The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans Theodore Roosevelt 1888

According to Troude, the former threw at a broadside

The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans Theodore Roosevelt 1888

That this was not true, and that the disparity between the combatants was not as great as had been the case in a number of encounters in which English frigates had taken French ones, can be best shown by a few accounts taken from the French historian Troude, who would certainly not exaggerate the difference.

The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans Theodore Roosevelt 1888

As the American and British accounts, written entirely independently of one another, tally almost exactly, it is evident that Troude was very greatly mistaken.

The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans Theodore Roosevelt 1888

According to Troude (iii, 169), _l'lnsurgente_ carried

The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans Theodore Roosevelt 1888

Troude goes more into details than any other French historian; but I think his details are generally wrong.

The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans Theodore Roosevelt 1888