| Raid on Canso (1776) | |||||||
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| Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:John_Paul_Jones_by_Charles_Wilson_Peale,_c1781.jpg) John Paul Jones | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States |
 Great Britain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 John Paul Jones |
 John Robin (merchant)George Smith (merchant) (POW)[1] | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2 brigs | Approximately 15 fishing vessels | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None | 1st attack: 3 vessels burned, 1 sunk, 5 prizes, 1 shallop confiscated; 2nd attack: 6 prizes, 1 burned, 1 confiscated | ||||||
The Raid on Canso took place on 22 September – November 22, 1776 during the American Revolutionary War. The raid involved American Continental Navy captain John Paul Jones attacking Canso, Nova Scotia (now part of Canada) and the surrounding fishing villages. [2][3][4]
- ^ Guys borough sketches and other essays. p. 102
- ^ John Paul Jones Raids Arichat, 1776
- ^ John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography by Samuel Eliot Morison, 1959
- ^ United States Naval Chronicles, Vol. 1, p. 48