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Identifier: westindiantaleso00aspi (find matches)
Title: West Indian tales of old
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Aspinall, Algernon Edward, Sir, 1871-1952
Subjects: Legends -- West Indies, British West Indies, British -- History West Indies, British -- Description and travel
Publisher: London, Duckworth and Co
Contributing Library: Brown University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brown University

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at anchor fast they stay,Till Heavens loud signal shall in thunder roar ;Then starting up, all hands shall quick obey,Sheet home the topsail, and with speed unmoor* When the battle was at its height the clouds ofsmoke were so dense that the order to cease firing hadperforce to be given, so difficult did it become to dis-criminate between friend and foe ; but this was only fora few minutes, and as soon as the smoke had clearedaway the cannon thundered forth again with redoubledenergy. As the Formidable was passing the Ghrieux, rakingher with her broadsides at close range, Douglas is saidto have exclaimed, Behold, Sir George, the Greeksand Trojans contending for the body of Patroclus, aremark to which Rodney characteristically replied,Damn the Greeks and damn the Trojans; I haveother things to think of. Some little time later, how-ever, he smilingly said to Douglas, Now, my dearfriend, I am at the service of the Greeks and Trojans * u One Hundred Years Ago/ by N. Darnell Davis, 1882.90
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COt-i o O * THE BATTLE OF THE SAINTS and the whole of Homers * Iliad, for the enemy is inconfusion and our victory is secure. The victory of the British was indeed assured. TheFrench made desperate efforts to re-form their brokenlines, but all to no purpose. For two hours Ville deParis was hotly engaged by the Canada, but thegallant de Grasse resolutely declined to strike hiscolours, and it was not until Sir Samuel Hood came upin the Barfleur and delivered several furious broadsides—the first of which killed no fewer than sixty men—that he was at last compelled to do so. Throughoutthe fight de Grasse had remained on the quarter-deck,and when Ville de Paris was taken, only three men ofher fighting strength remained unwounded, of whom hewas one. The rest of the enemy made off to leeward closelypursued by Commodore Affleck in the Bedford andother British ships. When darkness closed in on the glorious April 12Rodney hove to for the night. Next morning apursuit was attempted, but the B

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