For an hour Fairey ranged 50 yards alongside , firing broadsides that Barton 's crew responded only with small arms fire though her guns were loaded .
Then on 25 May Barton encountered the French privateer Fairey , of 20 guns and 150 men .
For an hour Fairey ranged 50 yards alongside , firing broadsides that Barton 's crew responded only with small arms fire though Fairey 's guns were loaded .
Then on 25 May Barton encountered the French privateer Fairey , of 20 guns and 150 men .