Chile Its History And Development Natural Features Products Commerce And Pre
Chile Its History And Development Natural Features Products Commerce And Pre
George Francis Scott Elliot
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Thus for two hours Cochrane and the O'Higgins answered the fire of 300 guns ! She caused considerable damage ashore, and one Spanish gun- boat was sunk. The crew of the O'Higgins had, as was usual with Cochrane's crews, caught his enthusiasm and 1 Both this period in Chile and the old days of English and Dutch pirates are worth most careful study by Englishmen. Not with a view of flattering the slack optimism so prevalent nowadays, but as showing what infinite harm could be caused, even by one ...foreign ship^ on an unprotected coast-line. COCHRANE'S SUCCESS 185 worked splendidly. This bold and risky action implanted such fear in the Peruvians and in the Spanish navy, that from that day forward Cochrane dominated the whole Pacific Ocean. Every port was crowded with anxious and frightened soldiers, yet no military movement of the slightest importance could be attempted. Spanish ships scarcely dared to leave the harbours. Never was there a better example of the effect of sea-power ! Cochrane's cool alertness under fire is well illustrated by a passage in Miller's Memoirs referring to a subsequent affair at Callao.
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