The French troops then advanced and kept up a smart fire; our cutter escaped and joined the other boat, who had captured the gunboats and convoy with little opposition.

Much as he hated England, he preferred to temporize, and build a few gunboats,which everybody laughed at.

Expenses, also unprovided for, arose out of the necessity of calling all our gunboats into actual service for the defense of our harbors; of all which accounts will be laid before you.

He can command the gunboats, too, sahib.

We are in the midst of the Yellow Sea, going about eight knots, dragging a gunboat astern to save her coal.

Perhaps Rey had intended to run over the coral with his lighter craft, or perhaps he knew a lesser passage; and thus elude Jaffier's gunboat, or strand the latter upon the reefs....

Major of Kincaid's Battalion he was now, whose whole twelve brass pieces had that morning helped the big iron batteries fight Porter's gunboats.

I solicit your authority to furnish to the Republic a gunboat at moderate cost, to be reimbursed to the United States by installments.

After awhile we (the 'Furious') put out our strength, and left gunboats and all behind.

White-sailed ships from foreign countries, outward bound with the tide, conveyed by little bustling tugs, look like monster white-winged gulls; and somber-hued gunboats, their portholes bristling with deadly engines of war, strain at their cables.

Four hundred years later, the Cuban Government named a gunboat Hatuey, in his honor.

To the Senate and House of Representatives: Mr. Charles B. Stuart, consulting engineer, appointed such by me upon invitation of the governor of New York, according to a law of that State, has made a report upon the proposed improvements to pass gunboats from tide water to the northern and northwestern lakes, which report is herewith respectfully submitted for your consideration.

It appears that there is nothing to prevent the gunboats from going up that river.

The sum of $50,000 appropriated by Congress for providing gunboats remains unexpended.

The little sailing-trip of Señor Rey was designed to pull the gunboat afar off in the Southwest, the original course, as you say, to permit the tramp to make the Inlet unmolested.

His devoirs were paid to Dictator Jaffier, who confided that he had purchased a gunboat and search-light on behalf of the government.

While the conflict raged the hottest in this quarter the gunboat Tyler passed slowly up the river to a point directly opposite the enemy and poured in a broadside from her immense guns.

By merely advancing and stationing them in such channels as the Moros must necessarily pass, either in going out or returning, according to the different monsoons, they would easily be checked, without removing the gunboats to any great distance from their own coasts.

To aid him in this attempt, Porter ran his gunboats past the town one night in April and carried the army over the river.

The directions of the captain were very positive not to remain in the battery a minute after it was taken, but to board the gunboats, leaving only one of the small boats, with the armourer, to spike the guns, for the captain was aware that there were troops stationed along the coast who might come down upon us and beat us off.

We even saw a British gunboat lying in the Scheldt, and unlimited reinforcements pouring up the river.