 Naval General Service. One bar: 29 APRIL BOAT SERVICE 1813. Edge: George Bishop, Lieut. R.N. Extremely Fine. Once cleaned. Replacement ribbon. Bishop is listed on the roll as part of H.M.S. Statira's (46) complement (vessel wrecked on Cuban coast two years later). Frenchtown, a hamlet of about 12 houses, and Havre-du-Grace, a larger place of some 60 homes, were shelled, invaded, and largely burned during the five day period April 28 to May 3, 1813. Rear Admiral Sir George Cockburn's campaign along the Susquehanna River was cruel in all its strategy but occasionally humane in its tactics. Lossing's descriptions printed elsewhere in this catalogue convey some of its frightfulness despite the author's inexcusably outraged patriotism.
Ex Spink & Son, Ltd. on December 9, 1965.
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