Fight off the North Foreland between the crew of the Prince Arthur fishing-smack of Ramsgate and of the Boulogne fishing-boat No. 439, 1861. 'The right of frequenting fishing-grounds has frequently been matter of dispute between between the fishermen of different nations frequent occurrence when their fishing-grounds adjoin or are held in common. Thus in the Channel the French and English fishermen are often at loggerheads, and skirmishes end in serious Boulogne into the Prince Arthur's starboard bow, carried
Fight off the North Foreland between the crew of the Prince Arthur fishing-smack of Ramsgate and of the Boulogne fishing-boat No. 439, 1861. 'The right of frequenting fishing-grounds has frequently been matter of dispute between between the fishermen of different nations frequent occurrence when their fishing-grounds adjoin or are held in common. Thus in the Channel the French and English fishermen are often at loggerheads, and skirmishes end in serious Boulogne into the Prince Arthur's starboard bow, carried away her the smack to lose all her master requested the Boulogne boat to get in her prevented the vessels from separating. The crew of the Boulogne boat then commenced pelting the crew of the smack with [and] cut at the master with an axe. Upon several of the French fishermen attempting to rush on board over the smack's bows, the mate of the Prince Arthur went below and loaded a [and] fired towards the other vessel, in order to intimidate the French master of the Prince Arthur was struck by several stones, one of which cut his eye and another wounded his right hand'. From "Illustrated London News", 1861.
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