This series has five easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: The Game of War in the Eastern Mediterranean.IntroductionItaly, by her
Peace Treaty Ends US-Tripolitan War
Today's installment concludes The Tripolitan War of 1804,our selection from Naval History of the United States by James Fenimore Cooper published in
Multiple Bombardments on Tripoli’s Defenses
This attack was the fifth within a month. Now another maneuver.Continuing The Tripolitan War of 1804,our selection from Naval History of the
USS Constitution Bombards Forts
Here she lay three quarters of an hour, pouring in a fierce fire with great effect, until, finding that all the small vessels were out of gunshot, she
Bombarding Tripoli’s Forts
This was thought to have been effected by 2 a.m., when the two vessels began to throw their bombs, covered by the gunboats.Continuing The Tripolitan
Fights of the Desperate Boarding Parties
An idea of the desperate nature of the fighting that distinguished this remarkable assault may be gained from the amount of the loss.Continuing The
American Fleet Attacks Tripolitan Fleet
The eastern, or most weatherly division of the enemy’s gun boats, nine in number, as being least supported, was the aim of the American
The Tripolitan War of 1804
This series has seven easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: American Fleet Assembles off Coast of Libya.IntroductionAt the opening
Conclusion of Herodotus, Book IV
Then as they were suffering hardship for a long time and many were falling on both sides, and especially on that of the Persians, Amasis the commander