Chapter I: Front Matter

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WITH THE FLAG IN THE CHANNEL

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WITH THE FLAG IN THE CHANNEL

OR, THE ADVENTURES OF
CAPTAIN GUSTAVUS CONYNGHAM

BY
JAMES BARNES

AUTHOR OF MIDSHIPMAN FARRAGUT, THE HERO OF THE ERIE,
COMMODORE BAINBRIDGE, ETC.

_ILLUSTRATED BY CARLTON T. CHAPMAN_

NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1902

COPYRIGHT, 1902
BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

_Published September, 1902_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I.--THE PROJECT 1

II.--THE VOYAGE OF THE CHARMING PEGGY 10

III.--BOARDED 20

IV.--IN HOLLAND AND FRANCE 29

V.--COMMISSIONED 41

VI.--THE SURPRISE 47

VII.--THE CHANNEL CRUISE 55

VIII.--THE HARWICH PACKET 62

IX.--THE ARREST 70

X.--IN PARIS AGAIN 81

XI.--THE REVENGE 87

XII.--SAILING ORDERS 94

XIII.--IN THE CHANNEL 108

XIV.--ON THE IRISH COAST 116

XV.--THE CAPTURE 125

XVI.--IMPRISONMENT 133

XVII.--FREEDOM 144

XVIII.--CONCLUSION 154

LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING
PAGE

He was past the Sentry now _Frontispiece_

The yawl was in the midst of the smother 51

A score of men poured over the bows 64

At the end of the wharf was a rakish-looking vessel 94

The dreaded Revenge was lying in the harbor 121

One after another the men were pulled forth 151

Facsimile of Conyngham’s petition to Congress, December 26, 1797 154

The “lost commission” 157

WITH THE FLAG IN THE CHANNEL