This is known as the `` Central Europe campaign '' in United States military histories .

Whether any of these rumours were accurate has never been satisfactorily determined Deciding , but the issue has been discussed Expressing_publicly in several prominent naval histories and was the subject of at least one lawsuit Legality .

The privateer was later taken Conquering into British service Supply as a sixth rate frigate and prize money was paid Commerce_pay for the captured vessels , but the action Response prompted Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale questions in subsequent histories about the lack of efficiency in British gunnery .

There is some dispute among historians about the dates for the beginning and end of the battle and British histories usually treat 10 July as the beginning .