 | 1813 - 550 páginas
...blood, and covered with mangled limbs and the bodies of the slain ; nearly the whole of her crew was either killed or wounded ; her guns were dismounted,...helped to work the last that was capable of service. Amidst all this peril and disaster the youthful commander is said to have remained perfectly composed,... | |
 | 1813 - 552 páginas
...blood, and covered with mangled limbs and the bodies of the slain; nearly the whole of her crew was either killed or wounded; her guns were dismounted,...helped to work the last that was capable of service. Amidst all this peril and disaster the youthful commander is said to have remained perfectly composed,... | |
 | 1813 - 566 páginas
...blood, and covered with mangled limbs and the bodies of the slain ; nearly the whole of her crew was either killed or -wounded ; her guns were dismounted,...officers helped to work the last that was capable of sen-ice. Amidst all this peril and disaster the youthful commander is said to have remained perfectly... | |
 | Thomas Wilson - 1821 - 350 páginas
...reduced to a mere wreck ; her decks were streaming with blood, and covered with mangled limbs and the bodies of the slain ; nearly the whole of her crew...Commodore and his officers helped to work the last gun that was capable of being used. Finding the Lawrence was incapable of further service, he gave... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1824 - 396 páginas
...blood, and covered with mangled limbs, and the bodies of the slain ; nearly the whole of her crew was either killed or wounded ; her guns were dismounted...helped to work the last that was capable of service. But amidst all this peril and disaster, the youthful commander is said to have remained perfectly composed,... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1825 - 404 páginas
...blood, and covered with mangled limbs, and the bodies of the slain ; nearly the whole of her crew was either killed or wounded ; her guns were dismounted...helped to work the last that was capable of service. But amidst all this peril anil disaster, the youthful commander is said to have remained perfectly... | |
 | R. Thomas (A.M.) - 1834 - 798 páginas
...blood, and covered with mangled limbs and the bodies of the slain; nearly the whole of her crew was either killed or wounded ; her guns were dismounted,...Commodore and his officers helped to work the last gun that was capable of being used. Finding the Lawrence was incapable of further service, he gave... | |
 | R. Thomas (A.M.) - 1843 - 606 páginas
...blood, and covered with mangled limbs and the bodies of the slain ; nearly the whole of her crew was either killed or wounded ; her guns were dismounted,...Commodore and his officers helped to work the last gun that was capable of being used. Finding the Lawrence was incapable of further service, he gave... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1847 - 630 páginas
...Commodore Perry, finding the hazard of his situation, made all sail, and directed the other veasels to follow, for the purpose of closing with the enemy....work the last that was capable of service. At two, Capt. Elliott was enabled, by the aid of a fresh breeze, to bring his ship into close action in gallant... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1847 - 636 páginas
...and bowline of the Lawrence, and she became unmanageable. The other vessels were unable to get up j and in this disastrous situation, she sustained the...work the last that was capable of service. At two, Capt. Elliott was enabled, by the aid of a fresh breeze, to bring his ship into close action in gallant... | |
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... their places ; the dead remained where they fell, until after the action. At this juncture, the enemy believed the battle to be won. The Lawrence was reduced to a mere wreck ; her deck was streaming with blood, and covered with the mangled limbs and... 
