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As the flag-ship came down the coast from Carthagena she met that part of the Algerine fleet that had put into Malta Digitized by Google no HISTORIC ADVENTURES when the Americans first arrived in the Mediter* ranean. The Gtierriire was alone, and Decatur thought that the Moors, finding him at such a dis- advantage, might break their treaty of peace, and attack him. He called his men to the quarter-deck. '' My lads," said he, ''those fellows are approaching us in a threatening manner. We have wh...ipped them into a treaty, and if the treaty is to be broken let them break it. Be careful of yourselves. Let any man fire without orders at the peril of his life. But let them fire first if they will, and we'll take the whole of them 1 '' The decks were cleared, and every man stood ready for action. The fleet of seven Algerine ships sailed dose to the single American frigate in line of battle. The crews looked across the bulwarks at each other, but not a word was said until the last Algerine ship was opposite.
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