The ships and sailors of old Salem; the record of a brilliant era of American achievement . The Glide (See Chapter XXVI). The Friendship The Tragedy of the Friendship feet above the heads of the crew, and the second struck the waterjust under her counter. This vessel had been kedged in close tothe shore within point blank shot of the fort, with springs uponher cable, determined on making every gun tell. The spiritedmanner in which their fire was returned soon silenced this fort,which mounted six six-pounders and several small brass pieces. It appeared afterward, by the testimony of one of my c
The ships and sailors of old Salem; the record of a brilliant era of American achievement . The Glide (See Chapter XXVI). The Friendship The Tragedy of the Friendship feet above the heads of the crew, and the second struck the waterjust under her counter. This vessel had been kedged in close tothe shore within point blank shot of the fort, with springs uponher cable, determined on making every gun tell. The spiritedmanner in which their fire was returned soon silenced this fort,which mounted six six-pounders and several small brass pieces. It appeared afterward, by the testimony of one of my crew,who was confined here, that the firing was so eflFectual that itdismounted their guns and split the carriages. The other twoforts, situated at a greater distance from the beach, continuedfiring, and no progress was made towards recapturing the ship,which, after all, was our only object. It was now betweenthree and four oclock, and it was certain that if the Malays wereallowed to hold possession of the ship much longer, they wouldeither get her on shore or bum her. We then held a councilof war on board the Monroe
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