Identifier: illustratedhisto00deni_0 (find matches)
Title: An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ... and a complete history of the United States to the present time ..
Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: Denison, John Ledyard, 1826-1906
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Publisher: Norwich, Conn., H. Bill
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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d yet allow the crew time to escape.When near the place of destination, she suddenly blew up, carryingwith her, as is supposed, the three officers. The consternation pro-duced among the enemy by this event is indescribable. No clue tounravel the fate of the heroic adventurers was ever obtained. On the lOih of September, Commodore Barron arrived with thePresident and Constellation, and assumed command. Preble returnedto the United States. Meanwhile, General Eaton, having returned to the Mediterranean,had been prosecuting his scheme in favour of Hamet bashaw, andat the time of the last bombardment of Tripoli, actually threatened todrive the reigning bashaw from the throne, after raising a smaLarmy in Egypt, consisting of Mamelukes, Arabs, and a number ofadventurers. On the 3d of March, they left Alexandria for Dernetravelling through the Libyan desert, an.d encountering hardships 01t«very kind. On me 25th of April, they appeared before the laitei 468 ADMINISTRATION OF THOMAS JEFFERSON.
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c\y, where Eaton offered the governor terms of amity, but receivedthe haughty answer, My head or yours ! On the morning of the 27th, the battle commenced by the Tri-politans firing upon the Ar^-us, Hornet, and Nautilus, which hadstood in to second the attack. The enemys naval batteries weresoon silenced, but on land they gained so much advantage, that inorder to prevent discouragement, Eaton charged their works withfifty men. Although the enemy numbered seven to one, they fled,jeaving their battery in the hands of the Americans. During thecharge, Eaton was wounded in the wrist. This success was followed by the capture of the beys palace,which placed the city in possession of the Americans. The bey«2scaped, and while fleeing toward Tripoli, was met by about oneth.iusand of the bashaws troops, who had been despatched to hisrtlief. This force pressed towards Derne, and after defeating abouione hundred of Hamets cavalry, entered the city, and forced theirway to the beys pplace. Here they

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