Two masts might be shot away, but the British colors would still fly.

It is notable that this symbol also uses the British national colours, red, white and blue.

Trumbull, in order to keep her true identity cloaked until the last possible moment, also ran up the British colors.

Then suddenly at the last moment he saw we had British colours and bore up to rake us?

By 08:00 he struck the British colors and raised the American flag.

There were the British colours, the cloth barely moving in the early morning breeze.

She then escaped possible capture by running into the harbor and raising British colors.

At first dawn, the unknown ships hoisted British colors and prepared for battle.

Here's the first time I've seen British colours in this port!

He glanced aft, saw the British colours hoisted home, and looked forward again.