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Page 127
... fleet in two hours , though it was fired from long distances , and on board ships that rolled from side to side and moved continually through the water . As it is the most conspicuous expression of the war strength of the fleet , and ...
... fleet in two hours , though it was fired from long distances , and on board ships that rolled from side to side and moved continually through the water . As it is the most conspicuous expression of the war strength of the fleet , and ...
Page 128
... fleet kept on , Commodore Dewey leading , in person , into a harbor where he had never been - leading at night into a harbor supposed to be filled with mines and flanked with guns , and to hold the enemy's fleet . Standing by the ...
... fleet kept on , Commodore Dewey leading , in person , into a harbor where he had never been - leading at night into a harbor supposed to be filled with mines and flanked with guns , and to hold the enemy's fleet . Standing by the ...
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... fleet he saw that even this was vain . So leaving his engineers to begin the larger work and rebuild the towers , he has- tened off with a body of guards to see what could be done at Sidon toward collecting a fleet . Fortune favored him ...
... fleet he saw that even this was vain . So leaving his engineers to begin the larger work and rebuild the towers , he has- tened off with a body of guards to see what could be done at Sidon toward collecting a fleet . Fortune favored him ...
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