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Another
event
of
a
somewhat
different
character
was
the
occasion
of
much
excited
feeling
and
comment
,
particularly
in
the
United
States
.
The
descent
and
attack
by
British
vessels
on
an
Atlantic
port
was
a
matter
of
popular
expectation
.
The
Syndicate
had
repellers
and
crabs
at
the
most
important
points
;
but
,
in
the
minds
of
naval
officers
and
a
large
portion
of
the
people
,
little
dependence
for
defence
was
to
be
placed
upon
these
.
As
to
the
ability
of
the
War
Syndicate
to
prevent
invasion
or
attack
by
means
of
its
threats
to
bombard
the
blockaded
Canadian
port
,
very
few
believed
in
it
.
Even
if
the
Syndicate
could
do
any
more
damage
in
that
quarter
,
which
was
improbable
,
what
was
to
prevent
the
British
navy
from
playing
the
same
game
,
and
entering
an
American
seaport
,
threaten
to
bombard
the
place
if
the
Syndicate
did
not
immediately
run
all
their
queer
vessels
high
and
dry
on
some
convenient
beach
?
A
feeling
of
indignation
against
the
Syndicate
had
existed
in
the
navy
from
the
time
that
the
war
contract
had
been
made
,
and
this
feeling
increased
daily
.
That
the
officers
and
men
of
the
United
States
navy
should
be
penned
up
in
harbours
,
ports
,
and
sounds
,
while
British
ships
and
the
hulking
mine
-
springers
and
rudder
-
pinchers
of
the
Syndicate
were
allowed
to
roam
the
ocean
at
will
,
was
a
very
hard
thing
for
brave
sailors
to
bear
.
Sometimes
the
resentment
against
this
state
of
affairs
rose
almost
to
revolt
.
The
great
naval
preparations
of
England
were
not
yet
complete
,
but
single
British
men
-
of
-
war
were
now
frequently
seen
off
the
Atlantic
coast
of
the
United
States
.
No
American
vessels
had
been
captured
by
these
since
the
message
of
the
Syndicate
to
the
Dominion
of
Canada
and
the
British
Government
.
But
one
good
reason
for
this
was
the
fact
that
it
was
very
difficult
now
to
find
upon
the
Atlantic
ocean
a
vessel
sailing
under
the
American
flag
.
As
far
as
possible
these
had
taken
refuge
in
their
own
ports
or
in
those
of
neutral
countries
.
At
the
mouth
of
Delaware
Bay
,
behind
the
great
Breakwater
,
was
now
collected
a
number
of
coastwise
sailing
-
vessels
and
steamers
of
various
classes
and
sizes
;
and
for
the
protection
of
these
maritime
refugees
,
two
vessels
of
the
United
States
navy
were
stationed
at
this
point
.
These
were
the
Lenox
and
Stockbridge
,
two
of
the
finest
cruisers
in
the
service
,
and
commanded
by
two
of
the
most
restless
and
bravest
officers
of
the
American
navy
.
The
appearance
,
early
on
a
summer
morning
,
of
a
large
British
cruiser
off
the
mouth
of
the
harbour
,
filled
those
two
commanders
with
uncontrollable
belligerency
.
That
in
time
of
war
a
vessel
of
the
enemy
should
be
allowed
,
undisturbed
,
to
sail
up
and
down
before
an
American
harbour
,
while
an
American
vessel
filled
with
brave
American
sailors
lay
inside
like
a
cowed
dog
,
was
a
thought
which
goaded
the
soul
of
each
of
these
commanders
.
There
was
a
certain
rivalry
between
the
two
ships
;
and
,
considering
the
insult
offered
by
the
flaunting
red
cross
in
the
offing
,
and
the
humiliating
restrictions
imposed
by
the
Naval
Department
,
each
commander
thought
only
of
his
own
ship
,
and
not
at
all
of
the
other
.
It
was
almost
at
the
same
time
that
the
commanders
of
the
two
ships
separately
came
to
the
conclusion
that
the
proper
way
to
protect
the
fleet
behind
the
Breakwater
was
for
his
vessel
to
boldly
steam
out
to
sea
and
attack
the
British
cruiser
.
If
this
vessel
carried
a
long
-
range
gun
,
what
was
to
hinder
her
from
suddenly
running
in
closer
and
sending
a
few
shells
into
the
midst
of
the
defenceless
merchantmen
?
In
fact
,
to
go
out
and
fight
her
was
the
only
way
to
protect
the
lives
and
property
in
the
harbour
.
It
was
true
that
one
of
those
beastly
repellers
was
sneaking
about
off
the
cape
,
accompanied
,
probably
,
by
an
underwater
tongs
-
boat
.
But
as
neither
of
these
had
done
anything
,
or
seemed
likely
to
do
anything
,
the
British
cruiser
should
be
attacked
without
loss
of
time
.
When
the
commander
of
the
Lenox
came
to
this
decision
,
his
ship
was
well
abreast
of
Cape
Henlopen
,
and
he
therefore
proceeded
directly
out
to
sea
.
There
was
a
little
fear
in
his
mind
that
the
English
cruiser
,
which
was
now
bearing
to
the
south
-
east
,
might
sail
off
and
get
away
from
him
.
The
Stockbridge
was
detained
by
the
arrival
of
a
despatch
boat
from
the
shore
with
a
message
from
the
Naval
Department
.
But
as
this
message
related
only
to
the
measurements
of
a
certain
deck
gun
,
her
commander
intended
,
as
soon
as
an
answer
could
be
sent
off
,
to
sail
out
and
give
battle
to
the
British
vessel
.
Every
soul
on
board
the
Lenox
was
now
filled
with
fiery
ardour
.
The
ship
was
already
in
good
fighting
trim
,
but
every
possible
preparation
was
made
for
a
contest
which
should
show
their
country
and
the
world
what
American
sailors
were
made
of
.
The
Lenox
had
not
proceeded
more
than
a
mile
out
to
sea
,
when
she
perceived
Repeller
No
.
6
coming
toward
her
from
seaward
,
and
in
a
direction
which
indicated
that
it
intended
to
run
across
her
course
.
The
Lenox
,
however
,
went
straight
on
,
and
in
a
short
time
the
two
vessels
were
quite
near
each
other
.
Upon
the
deck
of
the
repeller
now
appeared
the
director
in
charge
,
who
,
with
a
speaking
-
trumpet
,
hailed
the
Lenox
and
requested
her
to
lay
to
,
as
he
had
something
to
communicate
.
The
commander
of
the
Lenox
,
through
his
trumpet
,
answered
that
he
wanted
no
communications
,
and
advised
the
other
vessel
to
keep
out
of
his
way
.
The
Lenox
now
put
on
a
greater
head
of
steam
,
and
as
she
was
in
any
case
a
much
faster
vessel
than
the
repeller
,
she
rapidly
increased
the
distance
between
herself
and
the
Syndicate
’
s
vessel
,
so
that
in
a
few
moments
hailing
was
impossible
.
Quick
signals
now
shot
up
in
jets
of
black
smoke
from
the
repeller
,
and
in
a
very
short
time
afterward
the
speed
of
the
Lenox
slackened
so
much
that
the
repeller
was
able
to
come
up
with
her
.
When
the
two
vessels
were
abreast
of
each
other
,
and
at
a
safe
hailing
distance
apart
,
another
signal
went
up
from
the
repeller
,
and
then
both
vessels
almost
ceased
to
move
through
the
water
,
although
the
engines
of
the
Lenox
were
working
at
high
speed
,
with
her
propeller
-
blades
stirring
up
a
whirlpool
at
her
stern
.
For
a
minute
or
two
the
officers
of
the
Lenox
could
not
comprehend
what
had
happened
.
It
was
first
supposed
that
by
mistake
the
engines
had
been
slackened
,
but
almost
at
the
same
moment
that
it
was
found
that
this
was
not
the
case
,
the
discovery
was
made
that
the
crab
accompanying
the
repeller
had
laid
hold
of
the
stern
-
post
of
the
Lenox
,
and
with
all
the
strength
of
her
powerful
engines
was
holding
her
back
.
Now
burst
forth
in
the
Lenox
a
storm
of
frenzied
rage
,
such
as
was
never
seen
perhaps
upon
any
vessel
since
vessels
were
first
built
.
From
the
commander
to
the
stokers
every
heart
was
filled
with
fury
at
the
insult
which
was
put
upon
them
.
The
commander
roared
through
his
trumpet
that
if
that
infernal
sea
-
beetle
were
not
immediately
loosed
from
his
ship
he
would
first
sink
her
and
then
the
repeller
.
To
these
remarks
the
director
of
the
Syndicate
’
s
vessels
paid
no
attention
,
but
proceeded
to
state
as
briefly
and
forcibly
as
possible
that
the
Lenox
had
been
detained
in
order
that
he
might
have
an
opportunity
of
speaking
with
her
commander
,
and
of
informing
him
that
his
action
in
coming
out
of
the
harbour
for
the
purpose
of
attacking
a
British
vessel
was
in
direct
violation
of
the
contract
between
the
United
States
and
the
Syndicate
having
charge
of
the
war
,
and
that
such
action
could
not
be
allowed
.
The
commander
of
the
Lenox
paid
no
more
attention
to
these
words
than
the
Syndicate
’
s
director
had
given
to
those
he
had
spoken
,
but
immediately
commenced
a
violent
attack
upon
the
crab
.
It
was
impossible
to
bring
any
of
the
large
guns
to
bear
upon
her
,
for
she
was
almost
under
the
stern
of
the
Lenox
;
but
every
means
of
offence
which
infuriated
ingenuity
could
suggest
was
used
against
it
.
Machine
guns
were
trained
to
fire
almost
perpendicularly
,
and
shot
after
shot
was
poured
upon
that
portion
of
its
glistening
back
which
appeared
above
the
water
.
But
as
these
projectiles
seemed
to
have
no
effect
upon
the
solid
back
of
Crab
H
,
two
great
anvils
were
hoisted
at
the
end
of
the
spanker
-
boom
,
and
dropped
,
one
after
the
other
,
upon
it
.
The
shocks
were
tremendous
,
but
the
internal
construction
of
the
crabs
provided
,
by
means
of
upright
beams
,
against
injury
from
attacks
of
this
kind
,
and
the
great
masses
of
iron
slid
off
into
the
sea
without
doing
any
damage
.
Finding
it
impossible
to
make
any
impression
upon
the
mailed
monster
at
his
stern
,
the
commander
of
the
Lenox
hailed
the
director
of
the
repeller
,
and
swore
to
him
through
his
trumpet
that
if
he
did
not
immediately
order
the
Lenox
to
be
set
free
,
her
heaviest
guns
should
be
brought
to
bear
upon
his
floating
counting
-
house
,
and
that
it
should
be
sunk
,
if
it
took
all
day
to
do
it
.
It
would
have
been
a
grim
satisfaction
to
the
commander
of
the
Lenox
to
sink
Repeller
No
.
6
,
for
he
knew
the
vessel
when
she
had
belonged
to
the
United
States
navy
.
Before
she
had
been
bought
by
the
Syndicate
,
and
fitted
out
with
spring
armour
,
he
had
made
two
long
cruises
in
her
,
and
he
bitterly
hated
her
,
from
her
keel
up
.
The
director
of
the
repeller
agreed
to
release
the
Lenox
the
instant
her
commander
would
consent
to
return
to
port
.
No
answer
was
made
to
this
proposition
,
but
a
dynamite
gun
on
the
Lenox
was
brought
to
bear
upon
the
Syndicate
’
s
vessel
.
Desiring
to
avoid
any
complications
which
might
ensue
from
actions
of
this
sort
,
the
repeller
steamed
ahead
,
while
the
director
signalled
Crab
H
to
move
the
stern
of
the
Lenox
to
the
windward
,
which
,
being
quickly
done
,
the
gun
of
the
latter
bore
upon
the
distant
coast
.
It
was
now
very
plain
to
the
Syndicate
director
that
his
words
could
have
no
effect
upon
the
commander
of
the
Lenox
,
and
he
therefore
signalled
Crab
H
to
tow
the
United
States
vessel
into
port
.
When
the
commander
of
the
Lenox
saw
that
his
vessel
was
beginning
to
move
backward
,
he
gave
instant
orders
to
put
on
all
steam
.
But
this
was
found
to
be
useless
,
for
when
the
dynamite
gun
was
about
to
be
fired
,
the
engines
had
been
ordered
stopped
,
and
the
moment
that
the
propeller
-
blades
ceased
moving
the
nippers
of
the
crab
had
been
released
from
their
hold
upon
the
stern
-
post
,
and
the
propeller
-
blades
of
the
Lenox
were
gently
but
firmly
seized
in
a
grasp
which
included
the
rudder
.
It
was
therefore
impossible
for
the
engines
of
the
vessel
to
revolve
the
propeller
,
and
,
unresistingly
,
the
Lenox
was
towed
,
stern
foremost
,
to
the
Breakwater
.
The
news
of
this
incident
created
the
wildest
indignation
in
the
United
States
navy
,
and
throughout
the
country
the
condemnation
of
what
was
considered
the
insulting
action
of
the
Syndicate
was
general
.
In
foreign
countries
the
affair
was
the
subject
of
a
good
deal
of
comment
,
but
it
was
also
the
occasion
of
much
serious
consideration
,
for
it
proved
that
one
of
the
Syndicate
’
s
submerged
vessels
could
,
without
firing
a
gun
,
and
without
fear
of
injury
to
itself
,
capture
a
man
-
of
-
war
and
tow
it
whither
it
pleased
.
The
authorities
at
Washington
took
instant
action
on
the
affair
,
and
as
it
was
quite
evident
that
the
contract
between
the
United
States
and
the
Syndicate
had
been
violated
by
the
Lenox
,
the
commander
of
that
vessel
was
reprimanded
by
the
Secretary
of
the
Navy
,
and
enjoined
that
there
should
be
no
repetitions
of
his
offence
.
But
as
the
commander
of
the
Lenox
knew
that
the
Secretary
of
the
Navy
was
as
angry
as
he
was
at
what
had
happened
,
he
did
not
feel
his
reprimand
to
be
in
any
way
a
disgrace
.
It
may
be
stated
that
the
Stockbridge
,
which
had
steamed
for
the
open
sea
as
soon
as
the
business
which
had
detained
her
was
completed
,
did
not
go
outside
the
Cape
.
When
her
officers
perceived
with
their
glasses
that
the
Lenox
was
returning
to
port
stern
foremost
,
they
opined
what
had
happened
,
and
desiring
that
their
ship
should
do
all
her
sailing
in
the
natural
way
,
the
Stockbridge
was
put
about
and
steamed
,
bow
foremost
,
to
her
anchorage
behind
the
Breakwater
,
the
commander
thanking
his
stars
that
for
once
the
Lenox
had
got
ahead
of
him
.
The
members
of
the
Syndicate
were
very
anxious
to
remove
the
unfavorable
impression
regarding
what
was
called
in
many
quarters
their
attack
upon
a
United
States
vessel
,
and
a
circular
to
the
public
was
issued
,
in
which
they
expressed
their
deep
regret
at
being
obliged
to
interfere
with
so
many
brave
officers
and
men
in
a
moment
of
patriotic
enthusiasm
,
and
explaining
how
absolutely
necessary
it
was
that
the
Lenox
should
be
removed
from
a
position
where
a
conflict
with
English
line
-
of
-
battle
ships
would
be
probable
.
There
were
many
thinking
persons
who
saw
the
weight
of
the
Syndicate
’
s
statements
,
but
the
effect
of
the
circular
upon
the
popular
mind
was
not
great
.
The
Syndicate
was
now
hard
at
work
making
preparations
for
the
grand
stroke
which
had
been
determined
upon
.
In
the
whole
country
there
was
scarcely
a
man
whose
ability
could
be
made
available
in
their
work
,
who
was
not
engaged
in
their
service
;
and
everywhere
,
in
foundries
,
workshops
,
and
shipyards
,
the
construction
of
their
engines
of
war
was
being
carried
on
by
day
and
by
night
.
No
contracts
were
made
for
the
delivery
of
work
at
certain
times
;
everything
was
done
under
the
direct
supervision
of
the
Syndicate
and
its
subordinates
,
and
the
work
went
on
with
a
definiteness
and
rapidity
hitherto
unknown
in
naval
construction
.
In
the
midst
of
the
Syndicate
’
s
labours
there
arrived
off
the
coast
of
Canada
the
first
result
of
Great
Britain
’
s
preparations
for
her
war
with
the
American
Syndicate
,
in
the
shape
of
the
Adamant
,
the
largest
and
finest
ironclad
which
had
ever
crossed
the
Atlantic
,
and
which
had
been
sent
to
raise
the
blockade
of
the
Canadian
port
by
the
Syndicate
’
s
vessels
.
This
great
ship
had
been
especially
fitted
out
to
engage
in
combat
with
repellers
and
crabs
.
As
far
as
was
possible
the
peculiar
construction
of
the
Syndicate
’
s
vessels
had
been
carefully
studied
,
and
English
specialists
in
the
line
of
naval
construction
and
ordnance
had
given
most
earnest
consideration
to
methods
of
attack
and
defence
most
likely
to
succeed
with
these
novel
ships
of
war
.
The
Adamant
was
the
only
vessel
which
it
had
been
possible
to
send
out
in
so
short
a
time
,
and
her
cruise
was
somewhat
of
an
experiment
.
If
she
should
be
successful
in
raising
the
blockade
of
the
Canadian
port
,
the
British
Admiralty
would
have
but
little
difficulty
in
dealing
with
the
American
Syndicate
.
The
most
important
object
was
to
provide
a
defence
against
the
screw
-
extracting
and
rudder
-
breaking
crabs
;
and
to
this
end
the
Adamant
had
been
fitted
with
what
was
termed
a
"
stern
-
jacket
.
"
This
was
a
great
cage
of
heavy
steel
bars
,
which
was
attached
to
the
stern
of
the
vessel
in
such
a
way
that
it
could
be
raised
high
above
the
water
,
so
as
to
offer
no
impediment
while
under
way
,
and
which
,
in
time
of
action
,
could
be
let
down
so
as
to
surround
and
protect
the
rudder
and
screw
-
propellers
,
of
which
the
Adamant
had
two
.
This
was
considered
an
adequate
defence
against
the
nippers
of
a
Syndicate
crab
;
but
as
a
means
of
offence
against
these
almost
submerged
vessels
a
novel
contrivance
had
been
adopted
.
From
a
great
boom
projecting
over
the
stern
,
a
large
ship
’
s
cannon
was
suspended
perpendicularly
,
muzzle
downward
.
This
gun
could
be
swung
around
to
the
deck
,
hoisted
into
a
horizontal
position
,
loaded
with
a
heavy
charge
,
a
wooden
plug
keeping
the
load
in
position
when
the
gun
hung
perpendicularly
.
If
the
crab
should
come
under
the
stern
,
this
cannon
could
be
fired
directly
downward
upon
her
back
,
and
it
was
not
believed
that
any
vessel
of
the
kind
could
stand
many
such
tremendous
shocks
.
