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7
had
sustained
the
heavy
fire
of
the
Adamant
for
about
half
an
hour
,
it
was
considered
that
the
strength
of
her
armour
had
been
sufficiently
demonstrated
;
and
,
with
a
much
lighter
heart
than
when
he
had
turned
her
broadside
to
the
Adamant
,
her
director
gave
orders
that
she
should
steam
out
of
the
range
of
the
guns
of
the
British
ship
.
During
the
cannonade
Crab
J
had
quietly
slipped
away
from
the
vicinity
of
the
Adamant
,
and
now
joined
the
repeller
.
The
great
ironclad
battle
-
ship
,
with
her
lofty
sides
plated
with
nearly
two
feet
of
solid
steel
,
with
her
six
great
guns
,
each
weighing
more
than
a
hundred
tons
,
with
her
armament
of
other
guns
,
machine
cannon
,
and
almost
every
appliance
of
naval
warfare
,
with
a
small
army
of
officers
and
men
on
board
,
was
left
in
charge
of
Crab
K
,
of
which
only
a
few
square
yards
of
armoured
roof
could
be
seen
above
the
water
.
This
little
vessel
now
proceeded
to
tow
southward
her
vast
prize
,
uninjured
,
except
that
her
rudder
and
propeller
-
blades
were
broken
and
useless
.
Although
the
engines
of
the
crab
were
of
enormous
power
,
the
progress
made
was
slow
,
for
the
Adamant
was
being
towed
stern
foremost
.
It
would
have
been
easier
to
tow
the
great
vessel
had
the
crab
been
attached
to
her
bow
,
but
a
ram
which
extended
many
feet
under
water
rendered
it
dangerous
for
a
submerged
vessel
to
attach
itself
in
its
vicinity
.
During
the
night
the
repeller
kept
company
,
although
at
a
considerable
distance
,
with
the
captured
vessel
;
and
early
the
next
morning
her
director
prepared
to
send
to
the
Adamant
a
boat
with
a
flag
-
of
-
truce
,
and
a
letter
demanding
the
surrender
and
subsequent
evacuation
of
the
British
ship
.
It
was
supposed
that
now
,
when
the
officers
of
the
Adamant
had
had
time
to
appreciate
the
fact
that
they
had
no
control
over
the
movements
of
their
vessel
;
that
their
armament
was
powerless
against
their
enemies
;
that
the
Adamant
could
be
towed
wherever
the
Syndicate
chose
to
order
,
or
left
helpless
in
midocean
,
—
they
would
be
obliged
to
admit
that
there
was
nothing
for
them
to
do
but
to
surrender
.
But
events
proved
that
no
such
ideas
had
entered
the
minds
of
the
Adamant
’
s
officers
,
and
their
action
totally
prevented
sending
a
flag
-
of
-
truce
boat
.
As
soon
as
it
was
light
enough
to
see
the
repeller
the
Adamant
began
firing
great
guns
at
her
.
She
was
too
far
away
for
the
shot
to
strike
her
,
but
to
launch
and
send
a
boat
of
any
kind
into
a
storm
of
shot
and
shell
was
of
course
impossible
.
The
cannon
suspended
over
the
stern
of
the
Adamant
was
also
again
brought
into
play
,
and
shot
after
shot
was
driven
down
upon
the
towing
crab
.
Every
ball
rebounded
from
the
spring
armour
,
but
the
officer
in
charge
of
the
crab
became
convinced
that
after
a
time
this
constant
pounding
,
almost
in
the
same
place
,
would
injure
his
vessel
,
and
he
signalled
the
repeller
to
that
effect
.
The
director
of
Repeller
No
.
7
had
been
considering
the
situation
.
There
was
only
one
gun
on
the
Adamant
which
could
be
brought
to
bear
upon
Crab
K
,
and
it
would
be
the
part
of
wisdom
to
interfere
with
the
persistent
use
of
this
gun
.
Accordingly
the
bow
of
the
repeller
was
brought
to
bear
upon
the
Adamant
,
and
her
motor
gun
was
aimed
at
the
boom
from
which
the
cannon
was
suspended
.
The
projectile
with
which
the
cannon
was
loaded
was
not
an
instantaneous
motor
-
bomb
.
It
was
simply
a
heavy
solid
shot
,
driven
by
an
instantaneous
motor
attachment
,
and
was
thus
impelled
by
the
same
power
and
in
the
same
manner
as
the
motor
-
bombs
.
The
instantaneous
motor
-
power
had
not
yet
been
used
at
so
great
a
distance
as
that
between
the
repeller
and
the
Adamant
,
and
the
occasion
was
one
of
intense
interest
to
the
small
body
of
scientific
men
having
charge
of
the
aiming
and
firing
.
The
calculations
of
the
distance
,
of
the
necessary
elevation
and
direction
,
and
of
the
degree
of
motor
-
power
required
,
were
made
with
careful
exactness
,
and
when
the
proper
instant
arrived
the
button
was
touched
,
and
the
shot
with
which
the
cannon
was
charged
was
instantaneously
removed
to
a
point
in
the
ocean
about
a
mile
beyond
the
Adamant
,
accompanied
by
a
large
portion
of
the
heavy
boom
at
which
the
gun
had
been
aimed
.
The
cannon
which
had
been
suspended
from
the
end
of
this
boom
fell
into
the
sea
,
and
would
have
crashed
down
upon
the
roof
of
Crab
K
,
had
not
that
vessel
,
in
obedience
to
a
signal
from
the
repeller
,
loosened
its
hold
upon
the
Adamant
and
retired
a
short
distance
astern
.
Material
injury
might
not
have
resulted
from
the
fall
of
this
great
mass
of
metal
upon
the
crab
,
but
it
was
considered
prudent
not
to
take
useless
risks
.
The
officers
of
the
Adamant
were
greatly
surprised
and
chagrined
by
the
fall
of
their
gun
,
with
which
they
had
expected
ultimately
to
pound
in
the
roof
of
the
crab
.
No
damage
had
been
done
to
the
vessel
except
the
removal
of
a
portion
of
the
boom
,
with
some
of
the
chains
and
blocks
attached
,
and
no
one
on
board
the
British
ship
imagined
for
a
moment
that
this
injury
had
been
occasioned
by
the
distant
repeller
.
It
was
supposed
that
the
constant
firing
of
the
cannon
had
cracked
the
boom
,
and
that
it
had
suddenly
snapped
.
Even
if
there
had
been
on
board
the
Adamant
the
means
for
rigging
up
another
arrangement
of
the
kind
for
perpendicular
artillery
practice
,
it
would
have
required
a
long
time
to
get
it
into
working
order
,
and
the
director
of
Repeller
No
.
7
hoped
that
now
the
British
captain
would
see
the
uselessness
of
continued
resistance
.
But
the
British
captain
saw
nothing
of
the
kind
,
and
shot
after
shot
from
his
guns
were
hurled
high
into
the
air
,
in
hopes
that
the
great
curves
described
would
bring
some
of
them
down
on
the
deck
of
the
repeller
.
If
this
beastly
store
-
ship
,
which
could
stand
fire
but
never
returned
it
,
could
be
sunk
,
the
Adamant
’
s
captain
would
be
happy
.
With
the
exception
of
the
loss
of
her
motive
power
,
his
vessel
was
intact
,
and
if
the
stupid
crab
would
only
continue
to
keep
the
Adamant
’
s
head
to
the
sea
until
the
noise
of
her
cannonade
should
attract
some
other
British
vessel
to
the
scene
,
the
condition
of
affairs
might
be
altered
.
All
that
day
the
great
guns
of
the
Adamant
continued
to
roar
.
The
next
morning
,
however
,
the
firing
was
not
resumed
,
and
the
officers
of
the
repeller
were
greatly
surprised
to
see
approaching
from
the
British
ship
a
boat
carrying
a
white
flag
.
This
was
a
very
welcome
sight
,
and
the
arrival
of
the
boat
was
awaited
with
eager
interest
.
During
the
night
a
council
had
been
held
on
board
the
Adamant
.
Her
cannonading
had
had
no
effect
,
either
in
bringing
assistance
or
in
injuring
the
enemy
;
she
was
being
towed
steadily
southward
farther
and
farther
from
the
probable
neighbourhood
of
a
British
man
-
of
-
war
;
and
it
was
agreed
that
it
would
be
the
part
of
wisdom
to
come
to
terms
with
the
Syndicate
’
s
vessel
.
Therefore
the
captain
of
the
Adamant
sent
a
letter
to
the
repeller
,
in
which
he
stated
to
the
persons
in
charge
of
that
ship
,
that
although
his
vessel
had
been
injured
in
a
manner
totally
at
variance
with
the
rules
of
naval
warfare
,
he
would
overlook
this
fact
and
would
agree
to
cease
firing
upon
the
Syndicate
’
s
vessels
,
provided
that
the
submerged
craft
which
was
now
made
fast
to
his
vessel
should
attach
itself
to
the
Adamant
’
s
bow
,
and
by
means
of
a
suitable
cable
which
she
would
furnish
,
would
tow
her
into
British
waters
.
If
this
were
done
he
would
guarantee
that
the
towing
craft
should
have
six
hours
in
which
to
get
away
.
When
this
letter
was
read
on
board
the
repeller
it
created
considerable
merriment
,
and
an
answer
was
sent
back
that
no
conditions
but
those
of
absolute
surrender
could
be
received
from
the
British
ship
.
In
three
minutes
after
this
answer
had
been
received
by
the
captain
of
the
Adamant
,
two
shells
went
whirring
and
shrieking
through
the
air
toward
Repeller
No
.
7
,
and
after
that
the
cannonading
from
the
bow
,
the
stern
,
the
starboard
,
and
the
port
guns
of
the
great
battle
-
ship
went
on
whenever
there
was
a
visible
object
on
the
ocean
which
looked
in
the
least
like
an
American
coasting
vessel
or
man
-
of
-
war
.
For
a
week
Crab
K
towed
steadily
to
the
south
this
blazing
and
thundering
marine
citadel
;
and
then
the
crab
signalled
to
the
still
accompanying
repeller
that
it
must
be
relieved
.
It
had
not
been
fitted
out
for
so
long
a
cruise
,
and
supplies
were
getting
low
.
The
Syndicate
,
which
had
been
kept
informed
of
all
the
details
of
this
affair
,
had
already
perceived
the
necessity
of
relieving
Crab
K
,
and
another
crab
,
well
provisioned
and
fitted
out
,
was
already
on
the
way
to
take
its
place
.
This
was
Crab
C
,
possessing
powerful
engines
,
but
in
point
of
roof
armour
the
weakest
of
its
class
.
It
could
be
better
spared
than
any
other
crab
to
tow
the
Adamant
,
and
as
the
British
ship
had
not
,
and
probably
could
not
,
put
out
another
suspended
cannon
,
it
was
considered
quite
suitable
for
the
service
required
.
But
when
Crab
C
came
within
half
a
mile
of
the
Adamant
it
stopped
.
It
was
evident
that
on
board
the
British
ship
a
steady
lookout
had
been
maintained
for
the
approach
of
fresh
crabs
,
for
several
enormous
shell
and
shot
from
heavy
guns
,
which
had
been
trained
upward
at
a
high
angle
,
now
fell
into
the
sea
a
short
distance
from
the
crab
.
Crab
C
would
not
have
feared
these
heavy
shot
had
they
been
fired
from
an
ordinary
elevation
;
and
although
no
other
vessel
in
the
Syndicate
’
s
service
would
have
hesitated
to
run
the
terrible
gauntlet
,
this
one
,
by
reason
of
errors
in
construction
,
being
less
able
than
any
other
crab
to
resist
the
fall
from
a
great
height
of
ponderous
shot
and
shell
,
thought
it
prudent
not
to
venture
into
this
rain
of
iron
;
and
,
moving
rapidly
beyond
the
line
of
danger
,
it
attempted
to
approach
the
Adamant
from
another
quarter
.
If
it
could
get
within
the
circle
of
falling
shot
it
would
be
safe
.
But
this
it
could
not
do
.
On
all
sides
of
the
Adamant
guns
had
been
trained
to
drop
shot
and
shells
at
a
distance
of
half
a
mile
from
the
ship
.
Around
and
around
the
mighty
ironclad
steamed
Crab
C
;
but
wherever
she
went
her
presence
was
betrayed
to
the
fine
glasses
on
board
the
Adamant
by
the
bit
of
her
shining
back
and
the
ripple
about
it
;
and
ever
between
her
and
the
ship
came
down
that
hail
of
iron
in
masses
of
a
quarter
ton
,
half
ton
,
or
nearly
a
whole
ton
.
Crab
C
could
not
venture
under
these
,
and
all
day
she
accompanied
the
Adamant
on
her
voyage
south
,
dashing
to
this
side
and
that
,
and
looking
for
the
chance
that
did
not
come
,
for
all
day
the
cannon
of
the
battle
-
ship
roared
at
her
wherever
she
might
be
.
The
inmates
of
Crab
K
were
now
very
restive
and
uneasy
,
for
they
were
on
short
rations
,
both
of
food
and
water
.
They
would
have
been
glad
enough
to
cast
loose
from
the
Adamant
,
and
leave
the
spiteful
ship
to
roll
to
her
heart
’
s
content
,
broadside
to
the
sea
.
They
did
not
fear
to
run
their
vessel
,
with
its
thick
roofplates
protected
by
spring
armour
,
through
the
heaviest
cannonade
.
But
signals
from
the
repeller
commanded
them
to
stay
by
the
Adamant
as
long
as
they
could
hold
out
,
and
they
were
obliged
to
content
themselves
with
a
hope
that
when
night
fell
the
other
crab
would
be
able
to
get
in
under
the
stern
of
the
Adamant
,
and
make
the
desired
exchange
.
But
to
the
great
discomfiture
of
the
Syndicate
’
s
forces
,
darkness
had
scarcely
come
on
before
four
enormous
electric
lights
blazed
high
up
on
the
single
lofty
mast
of
the
Adamant
,
lighting
up
the
ocean
for
a
mile
on
every
side
of
the
ship
.
It
was
of
no
more
use
for
Crab
C
to
try
to
get
in
now
than
in
broad
daylight
;
and
all
night
the
great
guns
roared
,
and
the
little
crab
manoeuvred
.
The
next
morning
a
heavy
fog
fell
upon
the
sea
,
and
the
battle
-
ship
and
Crab
C
were
completely
shut
out
of
sight
of
each
other
.
Now
the
cannon
of
the
Adamant
were
silent
,
for
the
only
result
of
firing
would
be
to
indicate
to
the
crab
the
location
of
the
British
ship
.
The
smoke
-
signals
of
the
towing
crab
could
not
be
seen
through
the
fog
by
her
consorts
,
and
she
seemed
to
be
incapable
of
making
signals
by
sound
.
Therefore
the
commander
of
the
Adamant
thought
it
likely
that
until
the
fog
rose
the
crab
could
not
find
his
ship
.
What
that
other
crab
intended
to
do
could
be
,
of
course
,
on
board
the
Adamant
,
only
a
surmise
;
but
it
was
believed
that
she
would
bring
with
her
a
torpedo
to
be
exploded
under
the
British
ship
.
That
one
crab
should
tow
her
away
from
possible
aid
until
another
should
bring
a
torpedo
to
fasten
to
her
stern
-
post
seemed
a
reasonable
explanation
of
the
action
of
the
Syndicate
’
s
vessels
.
The
officers
of
the
Adamant
little
understood
the
resources
and
intentions
of
their
opponents
.
Every
vessel
of
the
Syndicate
carried
a
magnetic
indicator
,
which
was
designed
to
prevent
collisions
with
iron
vessels
.
This
little
instrument
was
placed
at
night
and
during
fogs
at
the
bow
of
the
vessel
,
and
a
delicate
arm
of
steel
,
which
ordinarily
pointed
upward
at
a
considerable
angle
,
fell
into
a
horizontal
position
when
any
large
body
of
iron
approached
within
a
quarter
of
a
mile
,
and
,
so
falling
,
rang
a
small
bell
.
Its
point
then
turned
toward
the
mass
of
iron
.
Soon
after
the
fog
came
on
,
one
of
these
indicators
,
properly
protected
from
the
attraction
of
the
metal
about
it
,
was
put
into
position
on
Crab
C
.
Before
very
long
it
indicated
the
proximity
of
the
Adamant
;
and
,
guided
by
its
steel
point
,
the
Crab
moved
quietly
to
the
ironclad
,
attached
itself
to
its
stern
-
post
,
and
allowed
the
happy
crew
of
Crab
K
to
depart
coastward
.
When
the
fog
rose
the
glasses
of
the
Adamant
showed
the
approach
of
no
crab
,
but
it
was
observed
,
in
looking
over
the
stern
,
that
the
beggarly
devil
-
fish
which
had
the
ship
in
tow
appeared
to
have
made
some
change
in
its
back
.
In
the
afternoon
of
that
day
a
truce
boat
was
sent
from
the
repeller
to
the
Adamant
.
It
was
allowed
to
come
alongside
;
but
when
the
British
captain
found
that
the
Syndicate
merely
renewed
its
demand
for
his
surrender
,
he
waxed
fiercely
angry
,
and
sent
the
boat
back
with
the
word
that
no
further
message
need
be
sent
to
him
unless
it
should
be
one
complying
with
the
conditions
he
had
offered
.
The
Syndicate
now
gave
up
the
task
of
inducing
the
captain
of
the
Adamant
to
surrender
.
Crab
C
was
commanded
to
continue
towing
the
great
ship
southward
,
and
to
keep
her
well
away
from
the
coast
,
in
order
to
avoid
danger
to
seaport
towns
and
coasting
vessels
,
while
the
repeller
steamed
away
.
Week
after
week
the
Adamant
moved
southward
,
roaring
away
with
her
great
guns
whenever
an
American
sail
came
within
possible
range
,
and
surrounding
herself
with
a
circle
of
bursting
bombs
to
let
any
crab
know
what
it
might
expect
if
it
attempted
to
come
near
.
Blazing
and
thundering
,
stern
foremost
,
but
stoutly
,
she
rode
the
waves
,
ready
to
show
the
world
that
she
was
an
impregnable
British
battle
-
ship
,
from
which
no
enemy
could
snatch
the
royal
colours
which
floated
high
above
her
.
It
was
during
the
first
week
of
the
involuntary
cruise
of
the
Adamant
that
the
Syndicate
finished
its
preparations
for
what
it
hoped
would
be
the
decisive
movement
of
its
campaign
.
To
do
this
a
repeller
and
six
crabs
,
all
with
extraordinary
powers
,
had
been
fitted
out
with
great
care
,
and
also
with
great
rapidity
,
for
the
British
Government
was
working
night
and
day
to
get
its
fleet
of
ironclads
in
readiness
for
a
descent
upon
the
American
coast
.
