| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1862 - 804 lapas
...letter to Mr. Ericsson, expressly says, " her bow passed over our deck, and our sharp upper-edged side cut through the light iron shoe upon her stem and well into her oak." He adds, " she will not try that again ; " but upon that point we entertain a very grave doubt. We... | |
| 1862 - 962 lapas
...yesterday, but she got the worst of it. Her bow passed over our deck, and our sharp, upper- edged side cut through the light iron shoe upon her stem, and...into her oak. She will not try that again. She gave ш a tremendous thump, but did not injure us in the least. We are just able to find the point of contact.... | |
| Frank Moore - 1862 - 840 lapas
...inward one and a half inches. [The "log" alluded to is made of wrought-iron of the best m» terial.] She tried to run us down and sink us as she did the Cumberland yesterday, but she got the worst of it Her bow passed over our deck, 270 DOCUMENTS. and our sharp upper-edged side cut through th light iron shoe... | |
| 1862 - 860 lapas
...thick) is broken in two. The log is not quite in two, but is broken and pressed inward 1J inch. She tried to run us down, and sink us, as she did the...Cumberland' yesterday, but she got the worst of it. Her bow passed over our deck, and our sharp, npper-edged side cut through the light iron shoe upon her... | |
| Frank Moore - 1862 - 840 lapas
...yesterday, but she vM the worst of it lier bow passed over oar deck, and our sharp upper-edged side cut through the light iron shoe upon her stem and well into her o»k. She will not try that again. She gave us a tremendous thump, but did not injure us in the least.... | |
| United States. Navy Department - 1864 - 638 lapas
...the other. The log is not quite in two, but is broken and pressed inwards one and a half inch. She tried to run us down and sink us, as she did the Cumberland yesterday, but she got the worst of it. Her bow passed over our deck and our sharp upper edged side cut through the light iron shoe upon her stem... | |
| United States. Congress. House - 1864 - 778 lapas
...log is not quite in two, but is broken and pressed inwards one and a half inch. She tried to run nj down and sink us, as she did the Cumberland yesterday, but she got the' worst of it. Her bow passed o\-er our deck and our sharp upper edged side cut through the light iron shoe upon her stem... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1861 - 852 lapas
...the other. The log is not quite in two, but is broken and pressed inward one and a half inches. She tried to run us down and sink us, as she did the Cumberland yesterday, but she got the worst of it. Her bow passed over our deck, and our sharp upper-edged side cut through the light iron shoe upon her stem... | |
| Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1866 - 840 lapas
...us, as she had the Cumberland yesterday. Her bow passed over our deck, and our sharp upper-edged side cut through the light iron shoe upon her stem and well into her oak. She gave us a tremendous thump." What might have been the fate of the Monitor if the ram had been properly... | |
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