. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. IX-lil. The United States—Paul Jones ^577 After a successful cruise he fell in with a British convoy, at the head ofwhich was the Serapis, a man-
. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. IX-lil. The United States—Paul Jones ^577 After a successful cruise he fell in with a British convoy, at the head ofwhich was the Serapis, a man-of-war about equalling the BonhommeRichard in size and the number of her crew. The two vessels instantly sin-gled each other out as antagonists, while lesser contests went on around them. The Serapis was one of the best fitted ships in the English navy ; Jones*vessel was an old hulk hastily patched up. Her heaviest guns burst at the firstfire and reduced her almost to a wreck. Nevertheless, the fight continued forfour hours. The Serapis came too near her disabled antagonist, and Joneshimself lashed the two ships together, so that the sailing abilities of the enemywere lost, and the contest was fought out side by side. One of the Frenchships approached, but, instead of attacking the foe, her commander, actuatedby jealousy of Jones, deliberately fired volley after volley into the helplessAmerican vessel. Then he sailed away. Do you surrender ? cried
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