CHAPTER XVI
Chapter XVI
OH DESULTORY HOSTILITIES ON THE OCEAN. - ATTACK UPON FORT BOWYER. - LAFITTE THE PIRATE. - BRITISH EXPEDITION AGAINST NEW ORLEANS. - BATTLE…
Chapter XVI (III)
HE return of Commodore Dale from the Mediterranean, and the reports which he brought of the continued aggressions and insolence of the…
CHAPTER XVI: Constellation
The "Enterprise" and the "Constellation" were the first of the squadron to reach the Mediterranean, and they straightway proceeded to…
CHAPTER XVI: Porter
That night Lieut. Porter took a light boat, and carefully reconnoitred the position of the enemy. He was discovered, and driven away by a…
CHAPTER XVI: Bainbridge
Before the last vessel of this fleet reached the Mediterranean, a disaster had befallen one of the foremost vessels, which cost the United…
CHAPTER XVI: Americans
The Americans were then in a most dangerous predicament. The sound of the firing had drawn a swarm of gun-boats out of the harbor of…
CHAPTER XVI: Hardly
Hardly had the flag touched the deck, when the gun-boats were alongside. If the Americans expected civilized treatment, they were sadly…
CHAPTER XVI: Bashaw
When all the portable property was in the hands of the victors, the Americans were loaded into boats, and taken ashore. It was then late at…
CHAPTER XVI: Preble
One night the lookouts reported a large vessel alongside, and the hail from the "Constitution" brought only a counter-hail from the…
CHAPTER XVI: Enterprise
On the 23d of December, while the "Constitution" and "Enterprise" were blockading Tripoli, the latter vessel overhauled and captured the…
CHAPTER XVI: Tripolitans
On the night of Feb. 3, 1804, the "Intrepid," accompanied by the "Siren," parted company with the rest of the fleet, and made for Tripoli…
CHAPTER XVI: Intrepid
About noon, the "Intrepid" came in sight of the towers of Tripoli. Both the ketch and the "Siren" had been so disguised that the enemy…