"I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT" COMMODORE JOHN PAUL

  I have not yet begun to fight." Commodore John Paul Jones

BON HOMME RICHARD vs. SERAPIS - 23 SEPTEMBER 1779

During the Revolutionar War struggle for independence, bold sea captains like John Paul Jones brought the war British home waters. Sailing from France around Britain into the North Sea, at dusk on 23 September 177, Jones engaged HMS SERAPIS off Flamborough Head, England, in one of the most celebrated battles in nval history. For two hours the ships pounded each other at point blank range. Many of Jones' large guns blew up; water poured into his shattered ship. The British captain hailed to ask if he had surrendered. Jones, above the din of mortal combat, shouted his epic reply, "Ihave not yet begun to fight," and went on to victory. After transferring to his crew to the vanquished SERAPIS, Jones saw his fatally wounded BON HOMME RICHARD swallowed by the North Sea.

Oil by Anton Otto Fischer                                            Miss Katrina Fischer

(These are the exact wordings written on the picture)

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PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF HISTORY. SIZE: 20 X 16

TOP LEFT EDGE IS A LITTLE ROUGH (LIGHT CREASE) AND LOWER EDGE (BELOW ANTON OTTO FISCHER'S NAME) LIGHT CREASE AS SHOWN.

Anton Otto Fischer (1882 - 1962)

BYAZZIZZ AS SHOWN ON THE PICTURE.