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Language: English
J A M E S C . M c C U R D Y.
1883, 1894, 1898.
PREFACE.
This collection is intended to present, in a popular form, an
account of many of the important naval battles of all times, as well as
of some combats of squadrons and single ships, which are
interesting, from the nautical skill and bravery shown in them.
In most instances an endeavor has been made to give, in a
concise manner, the causes which led to these encounters, as well
as the results obtained.
As this book is not intended for professional men, technicalities
have been, as far as possible, avoided. But it is often necessary to
use the language and phraseology of those who fought these
battles.
In all there has been a desire to give an unbiased account of each
battle; and, especially, to make no statement for which authority
cannot be found.
A study of naval history is of value, even in the most inland
regions, by increasing a practical knowledge of geography, and by
creating an interest in the great problems of government, instead of
concentrating it upon local affairs. At the time that this volume was
first issued, some people wondered why such a publication was
necessary. The answer was that it was to inform the people of the
great centre and West of the necessity of a navy, by showing them
what navies had done and what influence they exercised in the
world’s history.
That they are fully aware of this now is also not doubtful, and the
probability is that those representatives of the people who oppose a
sufficient navy for our country will be frowned down by their own
constituents. Commonsense shows that, with our immense
seacoast, both on the Atlantic and the Pacific, the navy, in the future,
is to be the preponderant branch of our military force.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
INTRODUCTION.
The Ancients’ Dread of the Sea; Homer’s Account of It; Slow Progress in
Navigation before the Discovery of the Lode-stone; Early Egyptians; The
Argonauts; The Phenicians and Greeks; Evidences of Sea-fights
Thousands of Years before Christ; Naval Battle Fought by Rameses III;
The Fleets of Sesostris; Description of Bas-relief at Thebes; Roman
Galleys Described; Early Maritime Spirit of the Carthaginians; Herodotus’
Account of the Battle of Artemisium; The Greeks under Alexander; Romans
and Carthaginians. I-19
I. SALAMIS. B. C. 480.
The Island of Salamis; Xerxes; His Immense Power; His Fleet and Army;
Events Preceding the Battle; The Contending Hosts Engage in Worship
before the Fight Begins; The Greek Admiral Gives the Signal for Action;
Many Persian Vessels Sunk at the First Onset; Fierce Hand-to-Hand
Fighting; A Son of the Great Darius Falls; Dismay Among the Asiatics;
Panic-stricken; Artifice of Queen Artemisia; She Escapes; Xerxes
Powerless; He Rends his Robes and Bursts into Tears; Resolves to Return
to Asia; Greece Wins her Freedom. I-25
V. LEPANTO. A. D. 1571.
A Momentous Battle that Decides the Sovereignty of Eastern Europe; Naval I-56
Events Preceding Lepanto; Turkish Encroachments; Pope Pius V Forms a
League Against Them; Siege and Capture of Famagousta by the Turks;
Barbarities of Mustapha; Christian Europe Aroused; Assembly of the
Pontifical Fleet and Army; Don John, of the Spanish Squadron, Placed in
Chief Command; Resolves to Seek and Attack the Ottoman Fleet;
Encounters the Enemy in a Gulf on the Albanian Coast; Character of Don
John; Preparations for Battle; Strength of his Fleet; A Magnificent Scene;
The Turkish Fleet; Ali Pasha in Command; The Battle Opens; Desperate
Fighting at all Points, Barberigo, of the Venetian Fleet, Badly Wounded;
Two Renowned Seamen Face to Face; Uluch Ali Captures the Great
“Capitana” of Malta; The Galley of Don John Encounters that of Ali Pasha;
They Collide; Terrible Hand-to-Hand Fighting; Bravery of a Capuchin Friar;
The Viceroy of Egypt Killed; Ali Pasha Killed; His Galley Captured; Dismay
among the Turks; Uluch Ali Gives the Signal for Retreat; Terrible Loss of
Life in the Battle; Christian Slaves Liberated; The Turkish Fleet Almost
Annihilated; Alexander Farnese; Cervantes; Fierce Storm; Two Sons of Ali
Prisoners; Don John and Veniero; Division of the Spoils; The Te Deum at
Messina; Joy Throughout Christendom; Colonna in Rome; The Great
Ottoman Standard; Decline of the Ottoman Empire.