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Page 128
... guns were silenced . Meanwhile 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 ...
... guns were silenced . Meanwhile 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 ...
Page 132
instantly ; and the gun - trainers work the gun back to the right quickly , but cau- tiously , for much depends upon ... guns ' crews all eagerly , yet coolly , working their guns , and he would have seen each division of guns , and each ...
instantly ; and the gun - trainers work the gun back to the right quickly , but cau- tiously , for much depends upon ... guns ' crews all eagerly , yet coolly , working their guns , and he would have seen each division of guns , and each ...
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... guns , prevented her from taking part in the bombardments . In the first place , she was too frail a vessel to be exposed to the direct fire of the enemy , and her short range and the dif- ficulty in directing the guns made it ...
... guns , prevented her from taking part in the bombardments . In the first place , she was too frail a vessel to be exposed to the direct fire of the enemy , and her short range and the dif- ficulty in directing the guns made it ...
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