Barouche Women" by Louisa May Alcott. Barouche A barouche is a large, open, four-wheeled carriage, both heavy and luxurious, drawn by two horses. It was fashionable throughout the 19th century. Its body provides seats for four passengers, two back-seat passengers vis-à-vis two behind the coachman's high box-seat. A leather roof can be raised to give back-seat passengers some protection from the weather. "Barouche" is an anglicisation of the German word "barutsche", via the Italian "baroccio" or "biroccio" and ultimately from the ancient Roman Empire's Latin "birotus", "two-wheeled". The name thus became a misnomer, as the later form of the carriage had
HMS Phaeton (1782) wounded, including Beaufort who received, but survived, 19 wounds. The Spanish sustained at least 13 wounded. Once Morris was sure that his men had secured the prize he sailed "Phaeton" in pursuit of a second pollaca that had passed earlier, sailing from Ceuta to Málaga. "Phaeton" was able to catch her under a battery at Cape Molleno. While "Phaeton" was returning to pick up Beaufort, his men and their prize, the French privateer schooner sailed past, too far away for "Phaeton" to intercept. The British immediately commissioned "San Josef" as a British sloop-of-war under the name , the ancient name