Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from 70, 000 Miles on a Submarine Destroyer, or the Reid Boat in the World War
The few survivors retreated, and Admiral Loyd signalled the Civil Governor to force the General Armstrong from under the protection of the cliffs, but at the same time the American Consul wrote a note to the Governor imploring him to stand firm. At dawn the next day the British at tacked by steaming in. Captain Reid shot away the main mast of one of the vessels, but seeing the odds were against him, beached his ship and blew her up. The British burn ed her and sent word to the Governor to surrender Captain Reid and his men, who had taken refuge in a convent, or the ships would shell the city. The Portuguese paid no attention and Admiral Loyd lifted anchor and went to New Orleans, where he was due to help capture that city.
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