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JOHN PAUL JONES
CHAPTER VI
A TERRIBLE SEA FIGHT
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When Paul Jones first went over to France from the Colonies, he took with him the splendid news that the English Burgoyne had surrendered his British Regulars to Gen. Gates, which caused great rejoicing in Paris, because the French people were not feeling very friendly toward the English at that time. They began to see that the Colonies meant business, and they thought that possibly they might be willing to help them a little more if they were politely
