This is the second time in its history that Scarborough has been bombarded from the sea. The first time was in 1779, when Paul Jones, an American naval commander, fought a big battle off Flamborough Head, and it was during that time that Scarborough was shelled. Jones, who was styled by his countrymen The Pirate", was a native of Scotland, but he took up the cause of the American colonies, and in 1775, when Congress resolved to fit out a naval force, he offered his services, In April, 1778, he visited the British coast in a brig of eighteen guns, and performed some daring exploits. A year later, as commodore of a small French squadron, flying the stars and stripes, he threatened Leith, and it was on September 23 that the engagement took place off Flam-borough Head. It was a desperate engagement, in which Paul Jones captured two British men-of-war, The story goes that Jones's ship was sinking, and o British vessel approached and asked him to surrender. The reply received from the bold "pirate" was that he had not begun fighting, and the British ship, with the object of forcing a surrender, drew close in and put out grappling irons. Jones and his men then boarded the other vessel, and after overpowering the British sailors, secured them in the hold of their own vessel, and sailed away. In 1788, he entered the service of the Empress Catharine, and as rear-admit f the Black Sea fleet served creditably in the war against Turkey, He died in Paris in 1792.
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West Hartlepool is of modern growth, although Hartlepool -itself avery old place. St. Hild Church, dating from the thirteenth century, has a high embattled tower, conspicuous mark for mariners, and there are the remains of a priory founded in 1275.
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