 | James Handasyd Perkins, James R. Albach - 1857 - 1038 páginas
...the Lawrence come down, although I was perfectly sensible that she had been defended to the last, and that to have continued to make a show of resistance...of her, and circumstances soon permitted her flag to be hoisted. "At forty-five minutes past two, the signal was made for 'close action.' The Niagara... | |
 | Cleveland (Ohio). City Council - 1861 - 148 páginas
...of the Lawrence come down ; although I was perfectly sensible she had been defended to the last, and that to have continued to make a show of resistance...flag again to be hoisted. At forty-five minutes past two the signal was made for " closer action." The Niagara being very little injured, I determined to... | |
 | 1863 - 458 páginas
...of the Lawrence come down, although I was perfectly sensible she had been defended to the last, and that to have continued to make a show of resistance...would have been a wanton sacrifice of the remains of the brave crew. But the enemy was not able to take possession of her, and circumstances soon permitted... | |
 | 1863 - 432 páginas
...of the Lawrence come down, although I was perfectly sensible she had been defended to the last, and that to have continued to make a show of resistance...would have been a wanton sacrifice of the remains of the brave crew. But the enemy was not able to take possession of her, and circumstances soon per-'... | |
 | Rufus Blanchard - 1880 - 580 páginas
...the schooners, which had been kept astern by the lightness of the wind, into close fiction. * * At 45 minutes past 2 the signal was made for close action. The Niagara being very little injured, I determined to pass through the enemy's line, bore up and passed Ahead of their... | |
 | Rufus Blanchard - 1881 - 812 páginas
...the schooners, which bad been kept astern by the lightness of the wind, into close action. * * At 4-5 minutes past 2 the signal was made for close action. The Niagara being very little injured, I determined to pass through the enemy's line, bore up and passed ahead of their... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - 1888 - 514 páginas
...Lawrence come down, although I was perfectly sensible that she had been defended to the last ; and that to have continued to make a show of resistance...signal was made for 'close action.' The Niagara being very little injured, I determined to pass through the enemy's line; bore up, and passed ahead of their... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - 1888 - 514 páginas
...the Lawrence come down, although I was perfectly sensible that she had been defended to the last; and that to have continued to make a show of resistance...signal was made for 'close action.' The Niagara being very little injured, I determined to pass through the enemy's line; bore up, and passed ahead of their... | |
 | Talcott Enoch Wing - 1890 - 818 páginas
...to bring the schooner, which had been kept astern by the lightness of the wind, into close action. But the enemy was not able to take possession of her, and circumstances soon permitted her flag to be hoisted. "At forty-five minutes past two, the signal was made for close action. The Niagara being... | |
 | William Kingsford - 1895 - 650 páginas
...went on board the " Niagara." Perry admits that the " Saint Lawrence" struck her flag, and adds, "that the enemy was not able to take possession of her, and circumstances soon permitted the flag to be again hoisted." The " Niagara," supported by two schooners, had engaged the " Queen... | |
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It was with unspeakable pain that I saw, soon after I got on board the Niagara, .the flag of the Lawrence come down, although I was perfectly sensible that she had been defended to the last ; and that to have continued to make a show of resistance would... 
