Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 334
re so close that theWasp was afraid they would interfere beforethe combat could be ended. Nevertheless,Blakeley persevered, and made his attack withequal skill and daring. It was after dark whenhe ran alongside his opponent, and they began 1895.J THE CRUISE OF THE WASP. forthwith to exchange… … THE COMBATANTS CLT AND SLASHED WITH SAVAGE FURY only so far as they felt it. The firing was fastand furious, but the British shot with a verybad aim, while the skilled American gunnershulled their opponent at almost every dis-charge. In a very few minutes the Avon, be-ing in a sinking condition,…
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