Achilles, 305, 306

Actions (in order of relation):
Lion (Andrew Barton) and Jenny Pirwin and two English ships, 22-24;
Amity and two Spaniards, 29-32;
Duke (Captain Rogers) and Panama ship, 63;
Duke and Duchess and Manila ship, 71;
Speedwell and Spanish ship, 85-87;
Alexander and Solebay, 95, 96;
Antigallican and Duc de Penthièvre, 99, 100;
Terrible and Vengeance, 106-111;
Mentor and Carnatic, 113, 114;
Fame (Capt. Moor) and five French ships, 115-117;
Ellen and Santa Anna Gratia, 118-120;
St. George (Capt. Wright) and French privateer, 137-139;
Duke (Capt. Morecock) and Prince Frederick and three French ships, 150;
Mars (Capt. Walker) and Boscawen and French man-of-war, 157;
Mars and French men-of-war, 158-160;
Mars and Sheerness and eight French ships, 165-169;
French ship and boats of George Walker's squadron, 177, 178;
George Walker's squadron and Spanish treasure-ship, 179-185;
Anglesea and Apollon, 191-195;
Lion (Capt. Brett) and Elizabeth, 195, 196;
Palme (French) and Neptune (Dutch), 202, 203;
Dauphin and Sherdam (Dutch), 204;
Trinité (French) and Concorde (Dutch) 210;
Diligente and six English men-of-war, 214-216;
François and two English ships, 220, 221;
St. Jacques and four consorts (French) and three Dutch ships, 224, 225;
Jason (French) and English squadron, 226-228;
St. William (French) and Dutch ship, 232, 233;
Cassard's squadron and two English ships, 235-238;
Centurion and Diomede (English) and French Squadron, 246;
Cartier (French) and Triton, 251-255;
Confiance and Kent, 258-260;
Argo (American) and King George, 275, 276;
Argo and Dragon, 277, 278;
Argo and Saratoga and Dublin, 278-280;
Pomona (American) and Rosebud, 283-285;
Hyder Ali (American) and General Monk, 299-303;
General Pickering (American) and Golden Eagle, 304, 305;
General Pickering and Achilles, 305, 306;
Comet (American) and four English ships convoyed by Portuguese war-ship, 309-311;
Chasseur (American) and St. Lawrence, 312-316;
General Armstrong (American) and Carnation, 317-324;
Princess Royal packet and Aventurier, 330-333;
Chance (colonial privateer) and Spanish ship, 334, 335;
Chance and Spanish war-ship, 335, 336;
Rover (colonial privateer) and five French ships, 337, 338;
Rover and three Spanish ships, 338-340;
Bonaparte and Hippomenes, 341, 342;
Bonaparte and three English ships, 342-353;
Windsor Castle packet and Jeune Richard, 354-357;
Catherine and French privateer, 357-360;
Fortune and French privateer, 360, 362;
Three Sisters and French privateer, 362-364

Admiralty, High Court of, 11

Adventure, 214, 215, 228

Aigle, Captain de l', 235

Albatross, The, 80, 81

Albemarle, Lord, Admiral, 200

Alexander, 95

Alexandre le Grande, 106

Algiers, 117

America Cup, The, 325

American War of Secession, 112

Amiable Maria, 335, 336

Amity and the Spaniards, 28-32

"Ancient Mariner, The," 81

Anglesea, 192

Anne, Queen, 48

Anson, Admiral Lord, 98

Antelope, 147

Antigallican, 97-99, 103, 104

Antigallicans, Society of, 96-99, 103, 105

Antigua, 239

Apollon, 192, 195

Ardent, 286, 289, 290 n.

Arethusa, 264

Argo, 275-277, 280

Arica, 83

Aristocrats, French Naval; their hatred of privateersmen, 205, 224

Armed merchant vessels, Distinction of, 12

Articles of War, 193, 198

Augusta, 192

Auguste, 226

Aurora, 241, 242, 244

Austrian Succession, War of the, 47

Aventurier, 332

Azores, The, 149, 171, 172, 317


Backwoodsmen as Marines, 301, 302

Bahamas, The, 72

Baker, Mr. Peter, 111-115

Balasore Roads, 251

Ballet, John, 44

Barbadoes, Island of, 155, 342, 343, 349, 354

Barbary, 142

Barkley, Lieutenant, 237, 238

Barney, Joshua;
captured in a trader, 282;
first officer of Pomona, 282;
sails for Bordeaux, 282;
fights English privateer, 283;
a marvellous 3-pounder, 284;
reaches Bordeaux, 285;
captures an English privateer, 285;
is a prisoner of war, 285;
kindly treated by Admiral Byron, 286;
accused of incendiarism, 286, 287;
sent to England in Yarmouth, 287;
alleged cruel treatment, 287-289;
sent to Mill Prison, 289;
his ruse to escape, 293, 294;
his escape, 294, 295;
gets off in a fishing smack, 296;
brought back to England, 296;
escapes to Plymouth, 297, 298;
gets away to Holland, 298;
arrives in America, commands Hyder Ali, 299;
his action with General Monk, 299-303;
conflicting accounts of action, 303;
commands General Washington (late General Monk), 304;
revisits Plymouth, 304;
other reference, 325

Barney, Mary (probably daughter of Joshua), 290, 291, 292

Bart, Jean, famous French privateer captain, romantic stories about, 196, 206;
his origin, 197;
boy on board a smuggler, 197;
mate on board Cochon Gras, 197;
wanton brutality of captain, 197;
witnesses application of the Judgments of Oléron, 198-200;
pilots French nobles to Harwich, 200;
joins the Dutch navy, 201;
returns to France and commands a small privateer, 201;
captures a States-General war-ship, 201;
is admonished for ransoming prizes, 202;
captures eight armed ships, 202;
his desperate fight with a Dutchman, 202, 203;
receives a gold chain from the king, 203;
his continued success, 204;
takes another Dutch ship after a bloody encounter, 204, 205;
gallantry of the Dutch captain, 205;
he is badly wounded, and his ship destroyed, 205;
returns to Dunkirk after peace is declared, 205;
accepts a commission in the Navy, 205;
is snubbed by the aristocrats, 205;
the cask of gunpowder fable, 206, 207;
chiefly remembered as a privateer, 207

Barton, Andrew;
a leader of men, 20;
suppresses Flemish pirates, 21;
sends their heads to the king, 21;
his exploits under letter of marque, 21;
accused of piracy, 21;
two ships sent to take him, 22;
his fight with Howard, 23;
his gallantry and death, 23;
surrender of the Lion, 24;
the crew imprisoned, 24;
released on certain conditions, 25;
redress for his death refused by Henry VIII., 25;
"Ballad of Sir," 25, 26, 27;
the incident a true one, 27;
not a knight, 27;
no proof of his piracy, 28;
other reference, 203

Barton, John, father of Andrew, 19

Barton, Robert, brother of Andrew, 20

Batchelor, 72

Bath, William, 53

Bayonne, 6

Beginning, 61

Bengal, Bay of, 250, 251, 258, 261

Bentham, Com. George, 318

Bergen, 206

Bermuda, 314

Betagh, William, 76, 77, 78, 80, 82, 86, 87, 92

Betsy, 280

Bienfaisant, 195

Bienvenue, 243

Bizerta, 233

Blaize, Mlle. Marie, who marries Robert Surcouf, 255, 261

Blanco, Cape (South America), 338

Bloodhound, 308

Blundell, Captain (of Liverpool Regiment), 118

Bonaparte, 342-353

Bordeaux, 264, 282, 285, 286, 333

Borrowdale, Captain James, 117-120

Boscawen, 157, 158, 160, 164, 166, 167, 176

Boston, 220

Boulogne, 266

Bousfield, Captain Daniel, 350

Boyle, Captain Thomas, commands the Comet, 308;
runs blockade of Chesapeake, 308;
encounter with Portuguese war-ship and four English ships, 308-311;
captures one, 311;
his success in Comet, 312;
commands Chasseur, 312;
successful action with English man-of-war schooner St. Lawrence, 312-16;
discrepancies in accounts of action, 314, 315;
posts "Proclamation of Blockade" at Lloyd's, 316;
other reference, 325

Brazil, 52, 80

Brehat, Island of, 212, 219

Brest, 158, 162, 231

Bridgetown (Barbadoes), 343

Brilliant, 86

Bristol, 41, 43, 150, 169, 177, 298

Bristol Channel, 213

Brittany, Sir John of, 6

Bromedge, Captain Hugh, 177

Brook, John, 82, 83

Bruce, Sophia, 74

Bucaille, Baron, 262

Buccaneers, 14, 36, 39, 65, 73

Buchanan, George, Scotch historian, 24, 25, 27

Bulls, The Pope's traffic in, 29

Burnaby, Captain Sir William, 140

Byron, Vice-Admiral the Hon. John, 286;
wild chronology with regard to, 289, 290


Cadiz, 100, 101, 102, 180, 241

Caen, 209

Cagliari, 141

Calais, 200

Caldwell, Captain, 290