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  1. 08-01-2013, 18:24 #1
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    In 1801, during the First Barbary War, the schooner Enterprise, commanded by Lieutenant Andrew Sterett, encountered the Barbary corsair Tripoli west of Malta and prepared for engagement. After a three-hour battle and false surrenders by Tripoli’s commander, Admiral Rais Mahomet Rous, Enterprise broadsided the vessel. Admitting defeat, Rous threw the Tripolitan flag into water and begged for quarter.
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    Ha, I was just posting this. I will move my post over here shortly.
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