Identifier: makersofworldshi00nort (find matches)
Title: Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: World history. (from old catalog) Biography
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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whichthey had been ordered to repair. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE ON BOTH SIDES. In this battle an unusual number of lives were lost ; but no authenti-cated report seems to have come from either side. The English statedtlie loss of the Richard to have been about three hundred in killed andwounded. This would include nearly all on board that ship, and was, ofcourse, a mistake. The muster-roll of the Richard, excluding the marines,which roll was in existence long after, shows that 42 men were killed, ordied of wounds very shortly, and that 41 were wounded. No list of thecasualties of the marines is given. This would make a total of 83 out of227 souls. But some of those on the muster-roll were not in the battleat all, for both junior lieutenants, and about 30 men with them, wereabsent in prizes. There were a few volunteers on board who were not mustered and,so, if we set down 200 as the regular crew during the action, we shallnot be far wrong. Estimating the marines at 120, and observing the same
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12 PAUL JONE:, bElZlXG THE SILVER PLATE OF LADV SELKIRK JOHN PAUL JONES. 12:3 proportion for casualties, we shall get 49 for the result, which will makethe entire loss of the Richard one hundred and thirty-two. It is known,however, that in the course of the action the soldiers suffered out of pro.portion to the rest of the crew, and as general report made the gross lossof the Bonhomme Richard 150, it isprobable that this was about thenumber. Captain Pearson made a partialreport, putting his loss at 117, admit-ting, at the same time, that there weremany killed who were not reported.Probably the loss of the two ships wasabout equal, and that nearly or quitehalf of all engaged were either killedor wounded. In a private letter, written sometime after, Jones gives an opinion thatthe loss of men in the two ships wasabout equal. Muster-rolls were loosel)-kept in those days. That two vessels of so much forceshould be lashed together for morethan two hours, making use of artil-lery, musketry a

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