Our Sailors:

Our Sailors: Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign

Name: Our Sailors: Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign
Author: Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880

作者：Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880
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CHAPTER ONE.
OUR SAILORS.
THE CAPTURE OF ADEN.
CHAPTER TWO.
WAR ON THE COAST OF SYRIA--1840.
BOMBARDMENT OF BEYROUT--SEPTEMBER 1840.
CAPTURE OF SIDON.
ATTACK ON THE CASTLE OF D'JEBEL.
BOMBARDMENT AND CAPTURE OF ACRE--3RD NOVEMBER 1840.
CHAPTER THREE.
WARFARE IN CHINESE WATERS--1840-1842.
CAPTURE OF CHUSAN.
CAPTURE OF CHIN-KEANG-FOO AND NANKIN--21ST JULY 1842.
A TIMELY RESCUE.
CALLAO, 20TH AUGUST 1844.
CHAPTER FOUR.
CAPTURE OF A VENEZUELAN SQUADRON--FEBRUARY 1841.
CHAPTER FIVE.
SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY IN BORNEO--RAJAH BROOKE.
ATTACK ON SAREBUS PIRATES.
CHAPTER SIX.
WARFARE ON THE RIVERS LA PLATA AND PARANA.
BATTLE OF THE PARANA--30TH NOVEMBER 1845.
ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE BATTERIES OF SAN LORENZO.
GALLANT EXPLOIT OF A ROCKET-BATTERY.
CHAPTER SEVEN.
EXPEDITION TO SAN JUAN DE NICARAGUA.
CAPTURE OF FORT SERAPAQUI--21ST FEBRUARY 1848.
CHAPTER EIGHT.
THE DESTRUCTION OF LAGOS--26TH DECEMBER 1851.
CHAPTER NINE.
THE BURMESE WAR--1851-1852.
CAPTURE OF PEGU--14TH JUNE 1852.
EXPEDITION UP THE IRRAWADDY.
ATTACKS ON MYA TOON, THE ROBBER CHIEFTAIN.
CHAPTER TEN.
THE CRIMEAN WAR.
BOMBARDMENT OF ODESSA.
OPERATIONS IN THE BALTIC.
A SPIRITED ACTION.
AN UNSUCCESSFUL VENTURE.
BOMARSUND--21ST JUNE.
A CAPTURE OF DESPATCHES.
ATTACK ON VIBORG--13TH JULY 1855.
BOMBARDMENT OF SVEABORG.
THE WHITE SEA SQUADRON.
ACTION ON THE DANUBE--JUNE AND JULY 1854.
BOMBARDMENT OF SEBASTOPOL--17TH OCTOBER 1854.
CRIMEAN NAVAL BRIGADE.
A LIVE SHELL AMONG THE POWDER.
EDWARD SAINT JOHN DANIELS.
BRAVERY OF FIVE SEAMEN AT INKERMANN.
COMMANDER ROBY.
DASHING SERVICE OF JOHN SHEPHERD, A BOATSWAIN.
EXPEDITION TO KERTCH.
PROCEEDINGS AT TAGANROG--3RD JUNE.
GALLANTRY OF S. TREWAVAS, SEAMAN.
BRAVE DEVOTION OF F. KELLAWAY, BOATSWAIN.
LIEUTENANT G.F. DAY AT GENITCHI.
CLOSELY PURSUED.
CAPTURE OF KINBURN--17TH OCTOBER 1855.
CHAPTER ELEVEN.
THE INDIAN MUTINY.
THE "SHANNON'S" BRIGADE IN INDIA.
CHAPTER TWELVE.
THE SECOND CHINESE WAR--1856-1860.
BATTLE OF FATSHAN.
CAPTURE OF CANTON--29TH DECEMBER.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
THE SLAVE TRADE.
CAPTURE OF BRAZILIAN SLAVER "FIRME" BY THE BOATS OF HMS "DOLPHIN"--1840.
VOYAGE OF A PRIZE FROM ACCRA TO SIERRA LEONE.
FROM 12TH AUGUST 1840 TO 5TH JANUARY 1841.
CAPTURE OF AN ARMED SLAVER BY A FOUR-OARED GIG--1844.
A PINNACE ATTACKS A SLAVER--1845.
ADVENTURE OF HMS "WASP"--1845.
CAPTURE OF A SLAVER--1845.
AN ATTEMPT TO RECAPTURE A PRIZE--1847.
ATTEMPT TO RETAKE A PRIZE--1848.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
THE RECAPTURE OF THE EMILY SAINT PIERRE BY CAPTAIN WILLIAM WILSON--1862.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
ARCTIC EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS.
THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE.
The first, then, was that under Captain Sir J. Ross, consisting of--
The following were the officers appointed to them:--
CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
VOYAGE OF THE FOX.
THE FATE OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION.
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
THE EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH POLE--1875.
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
MEMOIR OF COMMODORE JAMES GRAHAM GOODENOUGH.
CHAPTER NINETEEN.
THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION--1867.
CHAPTER TWENTY.
THE ASHANTI WAR--1874.
CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.
SPIRITED AND GALLANT EXPLOITS.
A REMARKABLE RESCUE.
The following account is given in the words of Admiral Castle:--
TWO COURAGEOUS SWIMMERS--1838.
RESCUE OF A BOAT'S CREW--JANUARY 1840.
CHAPTER TWENTY TWO.
GALLANT DEEDS.
HUMANITY OF LIEUTENANT BREEN, RN--MEDITERRANEAN, 1850.
GALLANTRY EXHIBITED IN PRESERVING LIFE--CAPTAIN WASEY, RN--1860.
GALLANTRY OF LIEUTENANT BOYLE, RN.
LOWESTOFT LIFEBOAT.
BRAVERY OF JOSEPH ROGERS, A MALTESE SEAMAN--25TH OCTOBER 1859.
REMARKABLE INSTANCE OF ENDURANCE OF A CREW OF BRITISH SEAMEN.
CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.
A BRUSH WITH AN IRONCLAD.
CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR.
GALLANT DEEDS PERFORMED BY NAVAL MEN.
DEATH OF CAPTAIN BROWNRIGG--1881.
CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE.
THE EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN--1882.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE MAHDI--1883-1885.
BATTLE OF EL TAB.
BATTLE OF TAMANIEB--1884.
CHAPTER TWENTY SIX.
WARS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN.
THE ZULU WAR.
CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT.
THE BOER WAR--1881.
CHAPTER TWENTY NINE.
THE BOER WAR IN 1900.
THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH.
CHAPTER THIRTY.
FIGHTING IN CHINA--1900.
FIRST ATTEMPT TO RELIEVE THE LEGATIONS AT PEKIN.
THE CAPTURE OF THE TAKU FORTS.
THE CAPTURE OF TIENTSIN CITY.
A YOUNG V.C.
THE SIEGE OF PEKIN.
THE RELIEF OF PEKIN.