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Updated: June 14, 2025
Ricketts, who was lost in the La Plata, were among his visitors. During October, 1860, he superintended the repairs of the Bona-Spartivento cable, revisiting Chia and Cagliari, then full of Garibaldi's troops. The cable, which had been broken by the anchors of coral fishers, was grapnelled with difficulty. 'What rocks we did hook! writes Jenkin.
It did not suit my purpose, however, to engage in a running fight; I therefore bore down upon the brig discharging our port broadside at the battery when we were within pistol-shot of it and, running alongside, grapnelled her.
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