Identifier: grandestcenturyi00nort (find matches)
Title: Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ... etc., etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ntsail. As theAmerican vessels hoisted their answer-ing flags, this order was received withthree cheers, and it was obeyed withalacrity and spirit. The enemy had attempted to wareround, to get fresh broadsides to bear,in doing which his line got into confu-sion, and the two ships for a short timewere foul of each other, while the LadyPrevost had so far shifted her berth, asto be both to the westward and to theleeward of the Detroit. At this criticalmoment, the Niagara came steadilydown, within half pistol-shot of theenemy, standing between the Chippe-way and Lady Prevost, on one side, andthe Detroit, Queen Charlotte and Hun-ter on the other. In passing she pouredin her broadsides, starboard and lar-board, ranging ahead of the ships,luffed athwart their bows, and continueddelivering a close and deadly fire. The shrieks from the Detroit, pro-claimed that the tide of battle hadturned. At the same moment, the gun-vessels and Caledonia were throwing inclose discharges of grape and canister
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PERRY PASSING IN AN OPEN BOAT THROUGH THE THICK OF THE FIGHT. 356 VICTORIES OF COMMODORE PERRY AND GENERAL JACKSON, 35? astern. A conflict so fearfully close,and so deadly, was necessarily short.In fifteen or twenty minutes after theNiagara bore up, a hail was passedamong the small vessels, to say that theenemy had struck, and an officer of theQueen Charlotte appeared on the taflf-rail of that ship, waving a white hand-kerchief, tied to a boarding-pike. Trying to Escape. As soon as the smoke cleared awaythe two squadrons were found partlyintermingled. The Niagara lay wleeward of the Detroit, Queen Charlotteand Hunter; and the Caledonia, withone or two of the gun-vessels, wasbetween the latter and the Lady Pre-vost. On board the Niagara the signalfor close action was still abroad, whilethe small vessels were sternly wearingtheir answering flags. The Little Beltand Chippeway were endeavoring to es-cape to leeward, but they were shortlyafter brought-to by the Scorpion andTrippe ; while t

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