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It
was
,
therefore
,
earnestly
urged
that
this
man
be
instantly
removed
;
and
in
order
that
this
might
be
done
,
the
discharge
of
the
motor
-
bomb
would
be
postponed
half
an
hour
.
The
officer
received
this
message
,
and
was
disposed
to
look
upon
it
as
a
new
trick
;
but
as
no
time
was
to
be
lost
,
he
sent
a
corporal
’
s
guard
to
the
fort
,
and
there
discovered
an
Irish
sergeant
by
the
name
of
Kilsey
,
who
had
sworn
an
oath
that
if
every
other
man
in
the
fort
ran
away
like
a
lot
of
addle
-
pated
sheep
,
he
would
not
run
with
them
;
he
would
stand
to
his
post
to
the
last
,
and
when
the
couple
of
ships
outside
had
got
through
bombarding
the
stout
walls
of
the
fort
,
the
world
would
see
that
there
was
at
least
one
British
soldier
who
was
not
afraid
of
a
bomb
,
be
it
little
or
big
.
Therefore
he
had
managed
to
elude
observation
,
and
to
remain
behind
.
The
sergeant
was
so
hot
-
headed
in
his
determination
to
stand
by
the
fort
,
that
it
required
violence
to
remove
him
;
and
it
was
not
until
twenty
minutes
past
four
that
the
Syndicate
observers
perceived
that
he
had
been
taken
to
the
hill
behind
which
the
garrison
was
encamped
.
As
it
had
been
decided
that
Repeller
No
.
2
should
discharge
the
next
instantaneous
motor
-
bomb
,
there
was
an
anxious
desire
on
the
part
of
the
operators
on
that
vessel
that
in
this
,
their
first
experience
,
they
might
do
their
duty
as
well
as
their
comrades
on
board
the
other
repeller
had
done
theirs
.
The
most
accurate
observations
,
the
most
careful
calculations
,
were
made
and
re
-
made
,
the
point
to
be
aimed
at
being
about
the
centre
of
the
fort
.
The
motor
-
bomb
had
been
in
the
cannon
for
nearly
an
hour
,
and
everything
had
long
been
ready
,
when
at
precisely
thirty
minutes
past
four
o
’
clock
the
signal
to
discharge
came
from
the
Director
-
in
-
chief
;
and
in
four
seconds
afterwards
the
index
on
the
scale
indicated
that
the
gun
was
in
the
proper
position
,
and
the
button
was
touched
.
The
motor
-
bomb
was
set
to
act
the
instant
it
should
touch
any
portion
of
the
fort
,
and
the
effect
was
different
from
that
of
the
other
bombs
.
There
was
a
quick
,
hard
shock
,
but
it
was
all
in
the
air
.
Thousands
of
panes
of
glass
in
the
city
and
in
houses
for
miles
around
were
cracked
or
broken
,
birds
fell
dead
or
stunned
upon
the
ground
,
and
people
on
elevations
at
considerable
distances
felt
as
if
they
had
received
a
blow
;
but
there
was
no
trembling
of
the
ground
.
As
to
the
fort
,
it
had
entirely
disappeared
,
its
particles
having
been
instantaneously
removed
to
a
great
distance
in
every
direction
,
falling
over
such
a
vast
expanse
of
land
and
water
that
their
descent
was
unobservable
.
In
the
place
where
the
fortress
had
stood
there
was
a
wide
tract
of
bare
earth
,
which
looked
as
if
it
had
been
scraped
into
a
staring
dead
level
of
gravel
and
clay
.
The
instantaneous
motor
-
bomb
had
been
arranged
to
act
almost
horizontally
.
Few
persons
,
except
those
who
from
a
distance
had
been
watching
the
fort
with
glasses
,
understood
what
had
happened
;
but
every
one
in
the
city
and
surrounding
country
was
conscious
that
something
had
happened
of
a
most
startling
kind
,
and
that
it
was
over
in
the
same
instant
in
which
they
had
perceived
it
.
Everywhere
there
was
the
noise
of
falling
window
-
glass
.
There
were
those
who
asserted
that
for
an
instant
they
had
heard
in
the
distance
a
grinding
crash
;
and
there
were
others
who
were
quite
sure
that
they
had
noticed
what
might
be
called
a
flash
of
darkness
,
as
if
something
had
,
with
almost
unappreciable
quickness
,
passed
between
them
and
the
sun
.
When
the
officers
of
the
garrison
mounted
the
hill
before
them
and
surveyed
the
place
where
their
fort
had
been
,
there
was
not
one
of
them
who
had
sufficient
command
of
himself
to
write
a
report
of
what
had
happened
.
They
gazed
at
the
bare
,
staring
flatness
of
the
shorn
bluff
,
and
they
looked
at
each
other
.
This
was
not
war
.
It
was
something
supernatural
,
awful
!
They
were
not
frightened
;
they
were
oppressed
and
appalled
.
But
the
military
discipline
of
their
minds
soon
exerted
its
force
,
and
a
brief
account
of
the
terrific
event
was
transmitted
to
the
authorities
,
and
Sergeant
Kilsey
was
sentenced
to
a
month
in
the
guard
-
house
.
No
one
approached
the
vicinity
of
the
bluff
where
the
fort
had
stood
,
for
danger
might
not
be
over
;
but
every
possible
point
of
observation
within
a
safe
distance
was
soon
crowded
with
anxious
and
terrified
observers
.
A
feeling
of
awe
was
noticeable
everywhere
.
If
people
could
have
had
a
tangible
idea
of
what
had
occurred
,
it
would
have
been
different
.
If
the
sea
had
raged
,
if
a
vast
body
of
water
had
been
thrown
into
the
air
,
if
a
dense
cloud
had
been
suddenly
ejected
from
the
surface
of
the
earth
,
they
might
have
formed
some
opinion
about
it
.
But
the
instantaneous
disappearance
of
a
great
fortification
with
a
little
more
appreciable
accompaniment
than
the
sudden
tap
,
as
of
a
little
hammer
,
upon
thousands
of
window
-
panes
,
was
something
which
their
intellects
could
not
grasp
.
It
was
not
to
be
expected
that
the
ordinary
mind
could
appreciate
the
difference
between
the
action
of
an
instantaneous
motor
when
imbedded
in
rocks
and
earth
,
and
its
effect
,
when
opposed
by
nothing
but
stone
walls
,
upon
or
near
the
surface
of
the
earth
.
Early
the
next
morning
,
the
little
fleet
of
the
Syndicate
prepared
to
carry
out
its
further
orders
.
The
waters
of
the
lower
bay
were
now
entirely
deserted
,
craft
of
every
description
having
taken
refuge
in
the
upper
part
of
the
harbour
near
and
above
the
city
.
Therefore
,
as
soon
as
it
was
light
enough
to
make
observations
,
Repeller
No
.
1
did
not
hesitate
to
discharge
a
motor
-
bomb
into
the
harbour
,
a
mile
or
more
above
where
the
first
one
had
fallen
.
This
was
done
in
order
to
explode
any
torpedoes
which
might
have
been
put
into
position
since
the
discharge
of
the
first
bomb
.
There
were
very
few
people
in
the
city
and
suburbs
who
were
at
that
hour
out
of
doors
where
they
could
see
the
great
cloud
of
water
arise
toward
the
sky
,
and
behold
it
descend
like
a
mighty
cataract
upon
the
harbour
and
adjacent
shores
;
but
the
quick
,
sharp
shock
which
ran
under
the
town
made
people
spring
from
their
beds
;
and
although
nothing
was
then
to
be
seen
,
nearly
everybody
felt
sure
that
the
Syndicate
’
s
forces
had
begun
their
day
’
s
work
by
exploding
another
mine
.
A
lighthouse
,
the
occupants
of
which
had
been
ordered
to
leave
when
the
fort
was
evacuated
,
as
they
might
be
in
danger
in
case
of
a
bombardment
,
was
so
shaken
by
the
explosion
of
this
motor
-
bomb
that
it
fell
in
ruins
on
the
rocks
upon
which
it
had
stood
.
The
two
crabs
now
took
the
steel
net
from
its
moorings
and
carried
it
up
the
harbour
.
This
was
rather
difficult
on
account
of
the
islands
,
rocks
,
and
sand
-
bars
;
but
the
leading
crab
had
on
board
a
pilot
acquainted
with
those
waters
.
With
the
net
hanging
between
them
,
the
two
submerged
vessels
,
one
carefully
following
the
other
,
reached
a
point
about
two
miles
below
the
city
,
where
the
net
was
anchored
across
the
harbour
.
It
did
not
reach
from
shore
to
shore
,
but
in
the
course
of
the
morning
two
other
nets
,
designed
for
shallower
waters
,
were
brought
from
the
repellers
and
anchored
at
each
end
of
the
main
net
,
thus
forming
a
line
of
complete
protection
against
submarine
torpedoes
which
might
be
sent
down
from
the
upper
harbour
.
Repeller
No
.
1
now
steamed
into
the
harbour
,
accompanied
by
Crab
A
,
and
anchored
about
a
quarter
of
a
mile
seaward
of
the
net
.
The
other
repeller
,
with
her
attendant
crab
,
cruised
about
the
mouth
of
the
harbour
,
watching
a
smaller
entrance
to
the
port
as
well
as
the
larger
one
,
and
thus
maintaining
an
effective
blockade
.
This
was
not
a
difficult
duty
,
for
since
the
news
of
the
extraordinary
performances
of
the
crabs
had
been
spread
abroad
,
no
merchant
vessel
,
large
or
small
,
cared
to
approach
that
port
;
and
strict
orders
had
been
issued
by
the
British
Admiralty
that
no
vessel
of
the
navy
should
,
until
further
instructed
,
engage
in
combat
with
the
peculiar
craft
of
the
Syndicate
.
Until
a
plan
of
action
had
been
determined
upon
,
it
was
very
desirable
that
English
cruisers
should
not
be
exposed
to
useless
injury
and
danger
.
This
being
the
state
of
affairs
,
a
message
was
sent
from
the
office
of
the
Syndicate
across
the
border
to
the
Dominion
Government
,
which
stated
that
the
seaport
city
which
had
been
attacked
by
the
forces
of
the
Syndicate
now
lay
under
the
guns
of
its
vessels
,
and
in
case
of
any
overt
act
of
war
by
Great
Britain
or
Canada
alone
,
such
as
the
entrance
of
an
armed
force
from
British
territory
into
the
United
States
,
or
a
capture
of
or
attack
upon
an
American
vessel
,
naval
or
commercial
,
by
a
British
man
-
of
-
war
,
or
an
attack
upon
an
American
port
by
British
vessels
,
the
city
would
be
bombarded
and
destroyed
.
This
message
,
which
was
,
of
course
,
instantly
transmitted
to
London
,
placed
the
British
Government
in
the
apparent
position
of
being
held
by
the
throat
by
the
American
War
Syndicate
.
But
if
the
British
Government
,
or
the
people
of
England
or
Canada
,
recognized
this
position
at
all
,
it
was
merely
as
a
temporary
condition
.
In
a
short
time
the
most
powerful
men
-
of
-
war
of
the
Royal
Navy
,
as
well
as
a
fleet
of
transports
carrying
troops
,
would
reach
the
coasts
of
North
America
,
and
then
the
condition
of
affairs
would
rapidly
be
changed
.
It
was
absurd
to
suppose
that
a
few
medium
-
sized
vessels
,
however
heavily
armoured
,
or
a
few
new
-
fangled
submarine
machines
,
however
destructive
they
might
be
,
could
withstand
an
armada
of
the
largest
and
finest
armoured
vessels
in
the
world
.
A
ship
or
two
might
be
disabled
,
although
this
was
unlikely
,
now
that
the
new
method
of
attack
was
understood
;
but
it
would
soon
be
the
ports
of
the
United
States
,
on
both
the
Pacific
and
Atlantic
coasts
,
which
would
lie
under
the
guns
of
an
enemy
.
But
it
was
not
in
the
power
of
their
navy
that
the
British
Government
and
the
people
of
England
and
Canada
placed
their
greatest
trust
,
but
in
the
incapacity
of
their
petty
foe
to
support
its
ridiculous
assumptions
.
The
claim
that
the
city
lay
under
the
guns
of
the
American
Syndicate
was
considered
ridiculous
,
for
few
people
believed
that
these
vessels
had
any
guns
.
Certainly
,
there
had
been
no
evidence
that
any
shots
had
been
fired
from
them
.
In
the
opinion
of
reasonable
people
the
destruction
of
the
forts
and
the
explosions
in
the
harbour
had
been
caused
by
mines
—
mines
of
a
new
and
terrifying
power
—
which
were
the
work
of
traitors
and
confederates
.
The
destruction
of
the
lighthouse
had
strengthened
this
belief
,
for
its
fall
was
similar
to
that
which
would
have
been
occasioned
by
a
great
explosion
under
its
foundation
.
But
however
terrifying
and
appalling
had
been
the
results
of
the
explosion
of
these
mines
,
it
was
not
thought
probable
that
there
were
any
more
of
them
.
The
explosions
had
taken
place
at
exposed
points
distant
from
the
city
,
and
the
most
careful
investigation
failed
to
discover
any
present
signs
of
mining
operations
.
This
theory
of
mines
worked
by
confederates
was
received
throughout
the
civilized
world
,
and
was
universally
condemned
.
Even
in
the
United
States
the
feeling
was
so
strong
against
this
apparent
alliance
between
the
Syndicate
and
British
traitors
,
that
there
was
reason
to
believe
that
a
popular
pressure
would
be
brought
to
bear
upon
the
Government
sufficient
to
force
it
to
break
its
contract
with
the
Syndicate
,
and
to
carry
on
the
war
with
the
National
army
and
navy
.
The
crab
was
considered
an
admirable
addition
to
the
strength
of
the
navy
,
but
a
mine
under
a
fort
,
laid
and
fired
by
perfidious
confederates
,
was
considered
unworthy
an
enlightened
people
.
The
members
of
the
Syndicate
now
found
themselves
in
an
embarrassing
and
dangerous
position
—
a
position
in
which
they
were
placed
by
the
universal
incredulity
regarding
the
instantaneous
motor
;
and
unless
they
could
make
the
world
believe
that
they
really
used
such
a
motor
-
bomb
,
the
war
could
not
be
prosecuted
on
the
plan
projected
.
It
was
easy
enough
to
convince
the
enemy
of
the
terrible
destruction
the
Syndicate
was
able
to
effect
;
but
to
make
that
enemy
and
the
world
understand
that
this
was
done
by
bombs
,
which
could
be
used
in
one
place
as
well
as
another
,
was
difficult
indeed
.
They
had
attempted
to
prove
this
by
announcing
that
at
a
certain
time
a
bomb
should
be
projected
into
a
certain
fort
.
Precisely
at
the
specified
time
the
fort
had
been
destroyed
,
but
nobody
believed
that
a
bomb
had
been
fired
.
Every
opinion
,
official
or
popular
,
concerning
what
it
had
done
and
what
might
be
expected
of
it
,
was
promptly
forwarded
to
the
Syndicate
by
its
agents
,
and
it
was
thus
enabled
to
see
very
plainly
indeed
that
the
effect
it
had
desired
to
produce
had
not
been
produced
.
Unless
the
enemy
could
be
made
to
understand
that
any
fort
or
ships
within
ten
miles
of
one
of
the
Syndicate
’
s
cannon
could
be
instantaneously
dissipated
in
the
shape
of
fine
dust
,
this
war
could
not
be
carried
on
upon
the
principles
adopted
,
and
therefore
might
as
well
pass
out
of
the
hands
of
the
Syndicate
.
Day
by
day
and
night
by
night
the
state
of
affairs
was
anxiously
considered
at
the
office
of
the
Syndicate
in
New
York
.
A
new
and
important
undertaking
was
determined
upon
,
and
on
the
success
of
this
the
hopes
of
the
Syndicate
now
depended
.
During
the
rapid
and
vigorous
preparations
which
the
Syndicate
were
now
making
for
their
new
venture
,
several
events
of
interest
occurred
.
Two
of
the
largest
Atlantic
mail
steamers
,
carrying
infantry
and
artillery
troops
,
and
conveyed
by
two
swift
and
powerful
men
-
of
-
war
,
arrived
off
the
coast
of
Canada
,
considerably
to
the
north
of
the
blockaded
city
.
The
departure
and
probable
time
of
arrival
of
these
vessels
had
been
telegraphed
to
the
Syndicate
,
through
one
of
the
continental
cables
,
and
a
repeller
with
two
crabs
had
been
for
some
days
waiting
for
them
.
The
English
vessels
had
taken
a
high
northern
course
,
hoping
they
might
enter
the
Gulf
of
St
.
Lawrence
without
subjecting
themselves
to
injury
from
the
enemy
’
s
crabs
,
it
not
being
considered
probable
that
there
were
enough
of
these
vessels
to
patrol
the
entire
coast
.
But
although
the
crabs
were
few
in
number
,
the
Syndicate
was
able
to
place
them
where
they
would
be
of
most
use
;
and
when
the
English
vessels
arrived
off
the
northern
entrance
to
the
gulf
,
they
found
their
enemies
there
.
However
strong
might
be
the
incredulity
of
the
enemy
regarding
the
powers
of
a
repeller
to
bombard
a
city
,
the
Syndicate
felt
sure
there
would
be
no
present
invasion
of
the
United
States
from
Canada
;
but
it
wished
to
convince
the
British
Government
that
troops
and
munitions
of
war
could
not
be
safely
transported
across
the
Atlantic
.
On
the
other
hand
,
the
Syndicate
very
much
objected
to
undertaking
the
imprisonment
and
sustenance
of
a
large
body
of
soldiers
.
Orders
were
therefore
given
to
the
officer
in
charge
of
the
repeller
not
to
molest
the
two
transports
,
but
to
remove
the
rudders
and
extract
the
screws
of
the
two
war
-
vessels
,
leaving
them
to
be
towed
into
port
by
the
troop
-
ships
.
This
duty
was
performed
by
the
crabs
,
while
the
British
vessels
,
both
rams
,
were
preparing
to
make
a
united
and
vigorous
onset
on
the
repeller
,
and
the
two
men
-
of
-
war
were
left
hopelessly
tossing
on
the
waves
.
One
of
the
transports
,
a
very
fast
steamer
,
had
already
entered
the
straits
,
and
could
not
be
signalled
;
but
the
other
one
returned
and
took
both
the
war
-
ships
in
tow
,
proceeding
very
slowly
until
,
after
entering
the
gulf
,
she
was
relieved
by
tugboats
.
