 | 1854 - 502 sider
...resistance, protracting the contest till the evening, when she was boarded in a half sinking state, which rendered it necessary to cut her adrift from the Diana. The other live, favoured with a breeze, hoisted sail and edged away to the sonthward, when darkness coming on... | |
 | Alexander Wallace - 1862 - 230 sider
...resistance, protracting the contest till the evening, when she was boarded in a half sinking state, which rendered it necessary to cut her adrift from the Diana....breeze, hoisted sail and edged away to the southward, when darkness coming on enabled them to effect their escape, in which they were further assisted by... | |
 | Alexander Wallace - 1878 - 150 sider
...resistance, protracting the contest till the evening, when she was boarded in a half sinking state, which rendered it necessary to cut her adrift from the Diana....breeze, hoisted sail and edged away to the southward, when darkness coming on enabled them to effect their escape, in which they were further assisted by... | |
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... being able to get her guns to bear with terrible effect, poured in a destructive fire, stretching the pirates in masses on their decks. The headmost and largest prahu, however, maintained a fierce resistance, protracting the contest till the evening,... 