Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 43
ps; but they flauntedSpains flag defiantly at us and we shelled themunder; I saw tongues of fire licking up the decks 604 THREE YEARS BEHIND THE GUNS [May, of doomed vessels. These are but a few of thehorrors I saw, and oh, I heard such noises! Thedull boom of the big guns and the spiteful… … WE CHEERED THEM AS THEY SANK They were our sharp-shooters, cracking riflesthrough loopholes and sponsons, aiming for gun-ners on the enemys ships. They were also ourline of communication, calling ranges, and carry-ing orders that the bugle could not make heard. And while we on deck were seeing…
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