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shooting them down with pistols held in faces

and prodding them with long pixies.
The sides Of he vessel MD the S calm w SsS
the Americans, The opemy's boats pulled
away with little handful Of men only, Three
S sGs had e e he shore only e two
After the lsht The Americans counted tho
Knocked of IFS carriage by shot from nan,
nonade. but It Tss replaced ,o easily MS;,r AVG T
sH Flied. Mr. Worth and Third 0iIlceE Robert
I9hnson were among the WounddGa a 10 h Hm nrr
The oficiai report, OF, Capt. Floyd was that
ed. Among the dead was Lieut. Matteriace.
who led the expedition.
Az dny6rcak the next morn Ming, The h;,I roya
srSGT CANT Floyd rSDllSd tlat hem Es meant 10
warning that Il the aathoriti,s OF laval rer.
priSet private ar he would consider faya a hostiie
port and treat 1t accordingly. Capt. Reid heard
al Maadsa be- ssd
the sailors to send ashore tho most valuable OF
theft effects. Then he put tho ship in good order
close OF the day. The brig Carna,ion made
sail. and. approaching within = short firing
nso tSe b mGne Tha Gem
broadsidos were not effective. for ito ,renson
that she had smaller guns and only hal LIS as
service. and the effect was Immediate, Ono
shot took effect in the tarn,ations hull and
the fore for topmast Others injured the rigging
badly. In a very short time the Curnation was
Obliged to turn and escape. ,,
Tho other vessels approached aftcrward and
it was evident that general attack was close at
hand Such an attack could have only one end
smaller than their smallest l: 30 guns G ninst q
smaller. 1000 men against9O. Capt. Reid deter
that they shEsd not Tho aGn
ish hppstened to the pryateSr: which
T Mas hsr and 9pG set her. "re and sig
burned to the waters edge. Tho British were
by hs SHs n s py So
Amercans. Capt: Roid seized stone fortress
s9e 10 h gSw TSb eI within a it. Sna dSa
the enem sSps Sa% Been %E cnsa
Paek to England ii to r s eapns Sir Thomas
Cochran's expedition. He reached New Or
Leans four Says ster reached th9fe
to America lea He landed at savannah. and 70.
S %hsss on hs s?S to GsH S1F
presented sword to him. He was then made
sailing master 1 in the navy H., He nSurSd after
witch h he put up az the Battery and Narrows:
He regulated and numbered tho pilot boats Of
the harbor. and established tho ightship off
Sandy Hook. He designed the present form Of
tho Amer can flag. proposing to retain the
thirteen stripes and add n new star for each
new State
The affair in the harbor OF Fayal resulted in
long. Diplomatic correspondence. In 1919
President Taylor took steps to compel Portu:
gal to assert the invioabilitv OF her neutral
ports. He also claim mod indemnity and got II
satisfactory. award. but attcrward Louis Ma
poleon. to whom the matter was referred as
arbitcr. reversed the award Great Britain
apoloGized to Portugal for the act of Capt.
Floyd in ATTACKING an enemy in neutral port
| belonging to Portugal.
This stirring aght at Fayal has inspired
James Jeffrey Roche to write n ballad on Tho
Fight OF tho Armstrong Privateer." which. by
n coincidence. will appear in tho next num-
Der OF the century, The opening lines are:
TeH the story TO your sons
Ut the gallant days OF yore.
When the brig OF seven guns
Fought the reet OF seven score.
From the set of sun till through the long Sep
temher night
Ninety men against thousand. and the ninety won
the fight
In the harbor of Fayal the Azore