This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ... was interrupted by loud murmurs from the men who had been on the previous cruise of the Chesapeake. Led by the " scoundrel Portuguese, who was boatswain's mate," they demanded their prize-money under penalty of refusing to do duty. Not only was the crew raw and untrained; it was to an astounding extent mutinous. James ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ... was interrupted by loud murmurs from the men who had been on the previous cruise of the Chesapeake. Led by the " scoundrel Portuguese, who was boatswain's mate," they demanded their prize-money under penalty of refusing to do duty. Not only was the crew raw and untrained; it was to an astounding extent mutinous. James Lawren- From an engraving by Edwin. What ought to have been done at this moment--what a modern naval officer would have done--may be a matter worth considering, but Lawrence yielded to the mutineers by calling them into the cabin and giving them checks for the prize-money due. Then they went forward and First Lieutenant Augustus C. Ludlow, assisted by Second Lieutenant George Budd (an officer of some experience) and Midshipmen William Cox and Edward J. Ballard, acting as third and fourth lieutenants, strove to get the crew into their places. The Chesapeake, very brave in her display of colors, passed the Boston light at about one o'clock in the afternoon and headed away after the Shannon, that stood off shore, with a pleasant breeze until 3.40. Then the Shannon clewed down and put a reef in her topsails, and thereafter she filled and backed for an hour while the Chesapeake was bearing down on her and preparing for battle. "Lawrence displayed great skill and tactics when closing," as the enemy testified, and at 5.50 P.m. luffed up and backed his mainyard within fifty yards of the Shannons weather-quarter instead of wearing down across the stern and raking her as he might have done. That was magnificent for bravery--it was chivalrous to the highest degree--so high as to be beyond the realm of common sense. Up to this moment neither ship had fired a shot at the other, and both crews stood at their guns in perfect silence...
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