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Updated: September 24, 2025
"Now," roared Condell to the helmsman, "up with the helm, and we will go about and destroy that fellow completely. Senor Douglas," he continued, to Jim, "kindly go down and superintend the working of that forward 70- pounder gun; I am told that the lieutenant in charge has been killed by the Independencia's last shot."
Luckily, too, the Independencia's gunners were raw, and found great difficulty in hitting the little gunboat; but whenever they did the execution on board the small craft was tremendous, by reason of the huge size of the projectiles.
Jim made excellent practice with the gun, and put shot after shot into the hapless vessel, each of which, entering her stern, passed through the whole length of the ship, finally setting her on fire in several places. Then, the Independencia's hull having very nearly filled with water, she fell over on her side and became a complete wreck.
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