New-York tribune., 1901-12-21

9ac a pa, pa front deefh with the courage of the
warrior the fortitude of the martyr tne "a oai "a
| anguish. in despair? Did they mingle curses
| with groanings, or did they suffer IN slIehce;
! the story and the Spaniards nave Iio' 90 80
| Mendoza, the priest, stood by thanking Sou-
| exalting: TIE Deum Laudamus; IN re aehsron, sro,
| what damned error did ever lack soner oro"
! to bless it and approve it with a text
| When all was over Menendez ana ms ,I Daha mo
went on their way rejoicing. but nor an aar tne
waters of heaven could wash from the shudder-
| ing earth that red line
The gentlemen of the black flag receive Huch
| attention in this fighting book, particular at
! tentinn being paid to Sir Henry Morgan ana MS
| prccanaers and Blackboard of Jolly Rodger
| fame. The tale Of the capture of BlacKoearo'
by Lieutenant Robert Maynard OF tne Feari' 10
thrilling and in part as follows:
Blackboard in all his awe inspiring IN ,,oI,o, pn,a
nbernalfa which was terrifying to women
and children and peaceful traders put latl1 M
amusing to men of war, mounted Oh tile ieii
and called out , ,ad
from whence come you! ~ ra M
.-You may see from our colors we are no
nvra tes" replied Maynard.
r"Send boat aboard" roared the other
"I cannot spare my boat, but Will come
aboard of you as can with my h,ed sloop asforts
Maynard urging his men to redouoleo eiloi' 70
at the ...oo,.r
Blackboard sprang the rail of his schoonet' moor it
and Selling bottle of whiskey, oranh lroiii ~
and then shouted the following toas., ~ ,,,or
'Damnation seize my soul IL give So 4
ters or take any from you!
L neither ask for nor Will give you '
quarters" replied Maynard ,.
Presently the little sloop fell aboard the pirate
still aground AS the two vessels came tose.heI
the pirates hurled lot OF lrnproVlssu nai.i @
grenades on the deck of the sloop' Wnicn * eA
nIo5ed without doing much damage, ana, seeing
no one in the smoke, Blackboard at the heau oI
fifteen of his men, sprang ABOARD OIL H. ~ 49,. ~
boarders gained the decks the VINO nhaer Which,
sloop and hurled her clear of the schoohei, ~
stiI contained about many men as hao
reached the sloop 49,, ,r,+a
The separation was unlucky for the pirate.
MAYNARD calling his from below. at oilce
sprang forward and engaged the enemy. et.
1Eara bnt thirteen Englishmen to meet fifteen
nirates The conflict extremely severe ~
two commanders at once crossed SWORDS. puo
the pirate had at last met ms matcn n IA bea ea
honest man After eight of his men mao oeeh
killed and he himself had receNeu-so the
yeracious chronicIers state-no less thah w. -
gg-ard of the gallant Maynard. who had h1msef
been severely wounded Blackpearus pLi t;
davs were over. The seven pirates IeLhaliiIi5s I,5
all wounded were captured. Most OF MAY iihiu ~
az @oTye had heen wounded and several were
killed The decks of the little sloop were deluseo
with blood.
\ The author has a very different opinion or
General Braddock than that held py most
writers of history. He says that Bradooch was
discredited mainly on two anecdotes rela'eu ny
Walpole the worst of which was that ne Hau
robbed his mistress Of her last guinea and then
stories are true AS proof that Braddock could
NOT have been low, vulgar, brutal and tyrannl-
caI the fact that he was enrolled for forty-nVe
wears as an officer of the finest regiment IN the
British army is cited
He had served In many campaigns, anu al.
u,a,re with credit According to his standard ne
was most accomplished soldier. NoDouy ever
claimed that he heaven born leaaeL; oI
that he was a great military genius. ana wneh
he was placed in conditions which no brltsn tlsl
soldier had ever faced and matched with 1oeS
whose tactics no British officer had ever fatn-
omed, under circumstances hitherto unparai-
IeIed he failed; but there was probably no sol,
diad in the British army at the time VINO "ou!o
NOT have failed and those who succeeded sup
seouentlv did so from experience gained by op-
serving his failure.
The French and Indian wars and the struggle
for the Valley of the Ohio offer many oppor-
tuuities for the historian, and the author mas
carefully chosen some of the most striking lie
ends the volume with the fall Of Quebec and the
death of the two great captains, Wolfe ana