CHAPTER X

. LOSS OF LAWRENCE AND THE _CHESAPEAKE_ 193

The Yankees had Won so Often that they were Underestimating the Enemy and were Over-confident in Themselves--A Mixed Crew, Newly Shipped, Untrained and Mutinous, Ten Per Cent. of them being British--The Result was Natural and Inevitable--Chivalry a Plenty; Common-sense Wanting--The “Shannons” were Trained like Yankees--A Fierce Conflict--Significance of the Joy of the British over the _Shannon’s_ Victory.

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