Position of the Island of Lissa; Its History; Attacked and Taken
by the Italians; The Austrians Shortly After Come to its Relief;
A Great Naval Battle Takes Place; Strength of the Opposing
Fleets; The Ironclads That Took Part; Bad Management of the
Italians Under Admiral Persano; They are Badly Beaten; Sketch of
the Italian Admiral; His Court-Martial; William Baron Tegethoff,
the Austrian Commander. I-420
SOME NAVAL ACTIONS BETWEEN BRAZIL, THE ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION AND
PARAGUAY. A. D. 1865-68.
Origin of the Long and Deadly Struggle; The Brazilian Fleet
Starts Out on a Cruise; Lopez, Dictator of Paraguay, Determines
to Capture this Fleet; His Preparations; The Hostile Fleets
Encounter each other; Details of the Fight; Bad Management on
both sides; The Paraguayans Forced to Retire; Another Battle in
March, 1866, on the Parana River; Full Account of the Desultory
Fighting; The Paraguayans Driven Out of their Earthworks; Two
Unsuccessful Attacks, in 1868, on the Brazilian Monitors lying
off Tayi; Interesting Account of one of these Attacks. I-429