Jones, John Paul

1. A naval leader of the Revolutionary War, known for his attacks on British ships off the coast of England. When a British commander asked him to surrender his badly crippled ship during a battle, he allegedly replied, “I have not yet begun to fight” — and compelled the British ship to surrender. Two days later, his own ship sank.

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Jones, John Paul, appointment, 465; the Bonhomme Richard and Serapis, 518-519; at Texel, 520-521.

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Jones, John Paul, x, xix, xx, xxi, xxviii, xlii, xliii, xliv, xlv, xlviii, 2, 41, 97, 112.

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Jones, John Paul, 48, 57, 288, 295, 297.

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Jones, John Paul, American naval captain, serves as a volunteer in French Fleet, 1782, 212.

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Jones, John Paul, 320-328, 329, 344, 377.

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