March 29, 1814.
Ludovicus Warrington dux navalis Ameri. ℞. Pro patria paratus aut vincere aut mori.
CAPTAIN LEWIS WARRINGTON.
[Capture of the Épervier.]
LUDOVICUS WARRINGTON DUX NAVALIS AMERI. (Americanus) (Lewis Warrington, American naval commander.) Bust of Captain Warrington, in uniform, facing the right. furst. f. (fecit).
PRO PATRIA PARATUS AUT VINCERE AUT MORI. (Prepared to conquer or die for his country.) Naval action between the United States sloop-of-war Peacock, of eighteen guns, Captain Warrington, and the British brig-of-war Épervier, of eighteen guns, Captain Wales; the Peacock, to leeward, is firing her port broadside. The Épervier has lost her main-topmast Exergue: INTER PEACOCK NAV. AMERI ET EPERVIE (sic) NAV. ANG. DIE XXIX MAR. MDCCCXIV. (Inter Peacock navem Americanam et Épervier navem Anglicanam, die 29 Martii, 1814: Between the American vessel Peacock and the English vessel Épervier, March 29, 1814.) furst. f. (fecit).
