Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 108
ofSomers that Decatur became much attached to i894.] DECATUR AND SOMERS. 671 him. Macdonough, like Somers and Decatur,lived to make glorious history for his country.Within a few days the Essex sailed, in com-pany with the President (flag-ship), the Phila-delphia, and the schooner Enterprise. This… … THE ENTERPRISE CAPTURING THE TRIPOLITAN SHIP. (SEE PAGE 673.) cruise was the beginning of that warfare againstthe pirates of Tripoli which was to win thecommendation of the whole world. Theymade a quick passage—for a squadron — to theMediterranean; and on a lovely July night thesquadron, with the…
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