MILS 1011 : Navs 102 Exam 1
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Montezuma in the marine hymn come from: the chesapeake leopard affair was a naval engagement which, what happened in the chesapeake leopard affair, battle of derne(first barbary war), battle of chapultepec(mex-amer. War) occurred off the coast of norfolk, virginia, on june 22, 1807, between the british warship hms leopard and american frigate uss. Chesapeake, when the crew of the leopard pursued, attacked and boarded the american frigate looking for deserters from the british. [1] the chesapeake was caught off guard and in a state of unpreparedness and after a short battle involving broadsides from the. Leopard, her commander james barron surrendered his vessel to the. Four crew members were removed from the american vessel and were tried for desertion, one of whom was subsequently hanged aboard the leopard. This belief would eventually cause a great deal of suffering for many mexicans, native americans and united states citizens.
