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Date Posted: 08:41:15 12/05/08 Fri
Author: Albert Parker
Subject: Re: Privateers french private war
In reply to: domi 's message, "Re: Privateers french private war" on 03:54:05 12/05/08 Fri

>Hello
>
>About De Lage (but there are other exemples)
>the crew was paid by the crown on the "disarmement
>base"
>and De Lage had to give the "sea bonus" to the crew
>and had to indemnised the wounded and killed
>
>De Lage had selected his own officers
>
>the prizes had to be selled by the official services
>and the bonus was divided between the crown and the
>privateer on contract bases
>
>De Lage had a strong squadron with a 74 and a 50. So
>he could fight the escort
>and free the way for his chasers, light frigates
>
>
Because de Lage figures in what I am writing about the War of the Austrian Succession, I would be interested in and most grateful for more information about his arrangements. Perhaps they are discussed by V. Brun, Port de Toulon, but I did not understand or did not read carefully enough. I know from that account that de Lage's enterprise was not popular with the sailors and he had difficulty retaining his crews. When his sailing was delayed, he had to demobilize one of his ships and reassign the crew to the rest, because of the number of desertions.

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