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Page 105
... vessel from Tangier . claimed to our merchant- He also pro- preparing I a blockade of Tripoli and was p enforce it when the news reached him that the frigate Philadelphia , forty - fou manded by Captain THE BURNING OF THE " PHILADELPHIA ...
... vessel from Tangier . claimed to our merchant- He also pro- preparing I a blockade of Tripoli and was p enforce it when the news reached him that the frigate Philadelphia , forty - fou manded by Captain THE BURNING OF THE " PHILADELPHIA ...
Page 106
... vessel known as a ket been recently captured from the Tripolit Decatur , and this prize was now named t trepid , and assigned to him for the work h in hand . He took seventy men from his Fresson Schelle THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FRIGATE ...
... vessel known as a ket been recently captured from the Tripolit Decatur , and this prize was now named t trepid , and assigned to him for the work h in hand . He took seventy men from his Fresson Schelle THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FRIGATE ...
Page 109
... vessel which had been given to them , but they succeeded , nevertheless , in reaching Tri- the poli in safety , accompanied by For nearly a week they were unable to ap proach the harbor , owing to severe gales which threatened the loss ...
... vessel which had been given to them , but they succeeded , nevertheless , in reaching Tri- the poli in safety , accompanied by For nearly a week they were unable to ap proach the harbor , owing to severe gales which threatened the loss ...
Page 110
... vessels came in cont Decatur sprang up the main chains of the Ph rapidly followed by his officers and men , a as they swarmed over the rails and came up was the deck , the Tripolitan crew gathered , panic- stricken HERO TALES FROM ...
... vessels came in cont Decatur sprang up the main chains of the Ph rapidly followed by his officers and men , a as they swarmed over the rails and came up was the deck , the Tripolitan crew gathered , panic- stricken HERO TALES FROM ...
Page 120
... vessels bound homeward , and merely thither cruising for foes . It was this in the teeth of the British naval powe Wasp chose for her cruising ground . H turing and destroying the merchantmen the seamanship of her crew and the skill of ...
... vessels bound homeward , and merely thither cruising for foes . It was this in the teeth of the British naval powe Wasp chose for her cruising ground . H turing and destroying the merchantmen the seamanship of her crew and the skill of ...
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