"The carnage was terrible, for my gunners kept loading and firing with astonishing rapidity.
"So hot was the reception they got that the barges returned to the ships.
"But another barge had come up on the leeward, and we were boarded almost before we knew anything about it.
"'Come on, my lads,' I shouted, 'and we'll drive them into the sea.'
"My men fought so desperately that we did drive them into the sea, and the remaining boats put back.
"It was not to be expected that we should escape.
"I ordered the long gun to be loaded and pointed down the hatch.
"When morning came the enemy had closed in upon us and the time had come when we must either destroy the Lively Bee or give her up to the English.
"'Haul down that rag,' shouted the captain of the Plantagenet, pointing to the Stars and Stripes.