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To the memory of the brave Capt. John Harvey... of His Majesty's Ship the Brunswick this print representing the Brunswick after breaking the enemy's line ... on the first of June 1794 grappled to, and engaging Le Vengeur with her starboard guns, and totally dismasting L' Achille in an attempt to board on the larboard quarter is respectfully inscribed by Nicholas Pocock
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