Excerpt from The History of the Wonderful Battle of the Brig.-Of-War General Armstrong: With a British Squadron; At Fayal, 1814, the Famous Gun, Long Tom The people of the United States generally will thus be enabled to contribute to this patriotic and praiseworthy object. This pamphlet gives the historic details of one of the most wonderful and extraordinary naval battles ever fought on the seas, with interesting incidents never before published. It outlines the policy of Great Britain in its efforts to gain from France the possession of the Province of Louisiana and the Mississippi River; the causes Which led to the War of 1812 the gigantic scheme of England for the conquest of New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mexico, and the circumstances which led to its defeat; speculations as to the' Treaty of Ghent; a sketch of the biography and genealogy of Captain Reid and his services; Vindication of our merchant marine; tribute of Senators Voorhees and Evarts; letter of Governor Shelby; history of Long Tom origin and history of the Flag of the United States; historical connection between Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane and Captain Reid the song of the General Armstrong; the romance of the celebrated case of the Armstrong; and the poem of James Jeffrey Roche on The fight of the Armstrong privateer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.