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Identifier: boysof1812othern00sole (find matches)
Title: The boys of 1812 and other naval heroes
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Soley, James Russell, 1850-1911
Subjects: United States. Navy
Publisher: Boston, Estes and Lauriat
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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the American schooner,and made a furious attack upon her. The Tripolitans fightdesperately; for they are little better than cut-throats, and, astheir Pasha says, war is their trade. But they have not theskill of the Americans. Sterrett placed his schooner where hepleased. When the battle had fairly begun, he took the offen-sive himself; he attacked the enemy on her quarter, on her bow ;he raked her fore and aft. After a bloody fight the Tripoli had received several shot in her side, and was badly cut up inher rigging. Then she hauled down her flag. The crew of the Enterprise left their guns, and gave three cheers, thinkingthat the victory was won. But the Tripolitans, though brave,were treacherous villains, and no sooner was their enemy off hisguard than they hoisted their flag again and opened fire on the* Enterprise. So the battle began anew. This time the Turksattempted to board, crowding on the Tail with their scimitars.But they were driven back, and again they made a pretence of
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TRIPOLI. Ill surrendering, only to renew the fight at the first favorablemoment. The American blue-jackets were now in no humor for trifling.Their blood was up, for they were indignant at such unheard-oftreachery, and it looked as if there would be no question to settleabout prisoners, for the reason that none of the Tripolitanswould be left alive. But the polacca was by this time in a sink-ing condition, her mizzen-mast was shot away, her deck wasslippery with blood, and the dead and wounded were lyingabout in heaps ; and the Rais, Mahomet, himself wounded anddisheartened, convinced that the time had come when neitlierferocity nor fraud could help him, threw his flag into the seaand prostrated himself upon the rail, begging for quarter. ThenLieutenant Sterrett, who was as generous as he was gallant,ordered the firing to cease and took possession of the enemy. As the polacca could not be made a prize, the Americans cutaway her masts, threw overboard her guns, and left her withthe surv

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