The Naval History of the United States, Band 1Peter Fenelon Collier, 1890 |
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action Algiers Alliance alongside American American ship American vessels anchor armed vessels ashore attack Bainbridge Bashaw batteries battle began blockade blue-jackets boat Bon Homme Richard Boston brig British frigate British vessels broadside cannon cannonade Capt captain captured carried chase coast colonies command Commodore craft crew crowded cruise cruisers cutlasses Decatur deck Drake enemy enemy's England English escape expedition exploits fell fight fire flag fleet flying force forecastle Fort Mifflin Fort Nassau France French frigate gunboats gunners guns hail harbor heavy hostile hull hundred Hyder Ali Landais Lieut lieutenant man-of-war merchantmen naval navy night ocean officers ordered Paul Jones Philadelphia pinnace pirates port Preble prisoners privateers prize quarter-deck quarters Ranger rigging sail sailors Samuel Tucker schooner seamen sent Serapis shore shot side sight sloop sloop-of-war soon squadron stood took town Tripoli Tripolitan Trumbull Tucker United United States navy victory wounded Yankee
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Seite 134 - Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on a log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. As in amaze he stood to gaze, The truth can't be denied, sir, He spied a score of kegs or more Come floating down the tide, sir. A sailor, too, in jerkin blue, This strange appearance viewing, First damn'd his eyes, in great surprise, Then said,
Seite 100 - Stack commanded. I directed the fire of one of the three cannon against the mainmast, with double-headed shot, while the other two were exceedingly well served with grape and canister shot, to silence the enemy's musketry and clear her decks, which was at last effected.
Seite 66 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak She quells the floods below — As they roar on the shore, When the stormy winds do blow ; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Seite 426 - you have no business where you are. If you touch a rope-yarn of this ship, I shall board instantly.
Seite 134 - The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes, to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. Now up and down throughout...
Seite 135 - I'm sure no man E'er saw so strange a battle. The rebel dales, the rebel vales, With rebel trees surrounded ; The distant woods, the hills and floods, With rebel echoes sounded.
Seite 69 - What was done, however, is sufficient to show, that not all their boasted navy can protect their own coasts ; and that the scenes of distress, which they have occasioned in America, may be soon brought home to their own door.
Seite 100 - They were unable to stand the deck; but the fire of their cannon, especially the lower battery, which was entirely formed of ten-pounders, was incessant; both ships were set on fire in various places, and the scene was dreadful beyond the reach of language. To account for the timidity of my three...
Seite 104 - Alliance; the leak gained on the pumps, and the fire increased much on board both ships. Some officers persuaded me to strike, of whose courage and good sense I entertain a high opinion.
Seite 103 - At the same time the largest of the two frigates kept sailing round us the whole action and raking us fore and aft, by which means she killed or wounded almost every man on the quarter and main decks. "About...