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The USS
Guerriere seemed to be in big trouble. She had put out from Cartagena alone, the other ships of her squadron having already scattered with plans to rendezvous and return to the United States. The weather was fine, but a mild westerly wind was requiring the
Guerriere to beat down the Mediterranean on zig-zagging tacks. It was then that her lookout saw the sails of seven warships on the southern horizon. They were coming on hard with all speed to cut into the
Guerriereâs course. In what seemed only minutes the ships were identifiable as four frigates and three sloops. Another brief span of time brought them close enough to reveal them as Algerian.