"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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In a previous article, "G.R. Patterson III" said:
David CL Francis wrote:
We were understandably trying to stop any ships from supplying France
but we went too far after capturing American ships in forcing their
crews to fight for us on our ships!

then. The attitude of the British government on the matter was not the
least
important to those captains. So the kidnappings continued.

I thought the attitude of the British government was that since the
American seaman being impressed were likely born as British citizens, it
was all legal and above board?

That sounds more like a lame excuse governments typically use, given that
the seamen were generally in their 20's and the US had been a nation for
over 30 years.