CHAPTER II

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A Fairly Successful Raid on New Providence, but they Let a British Sloop-of-war Escape--Character of the First Naval Commander-in-chief and of the Material with which he had to Work--Esek Hopkins, and his Record as Commander of the Fleet--Crews Untrained and Devoid of _Esprit de Corps_--Good Courage, but a Woeful Lack of other Needed Qualities--Hopkins Dismissed for Disobedience of Orders.

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