He reports three engagements with French privateers .
When Barton sailed from Liverpool the practice was to sail in the Channel and along the French coast for some six weeks looking for possible prey , before then sailing on to Barbados .
Barton reports three engagements with French privateers .
When Barton sailed from Liverpool the practice was to sail in the Channel and along the French coast for some six weeks looking for possible prey , before then sailing on to Barbados .