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" Some reached it, some were taken by the enemy, and some perished in the attempt; but most preferred sharing with me the fate of the ship. We who remained, now turned our attention wholly to extinguishing the flames; and when we had succeeded, went again... "
Historical Sketches of the Late War, Between the United States and Great ... - Page 246
by John Lewis Thomson - 1816 - 359 pages
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Salmagundi, Volume 2

Washington Irving, William Irving, James Kirke Paulding - 1897 - 438 pages
...extinguish the flames, and having succeeded, went again to the guns and kept up a firing for a few minutes ; but the crew had by this time become so weakened that all further resistance was in vain. Captain Porter summoned a consultation of the officers of divisions,...
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