Jones, John Paul

Cultural  

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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Example Sentences

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

From The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

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

From James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters by Lounsbury, Thomas Raynesford

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

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

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

From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand