CHAPTER XIII.✦

Last Years of the War. -- Disastrous Expedition to the Penobscot. -- Wholesale Captures on the Newfoundland Banks. -- French Ships in American Waters. -- Taking of Charleston. -- The "Trumbull's" Victory and Defeat. -- Capt. Barry and the "Alliance." -- Close of the War.

CHAPTER XIV.✦

Work of the Privateers. -- The "Gen. Hancock" and the "Levant." -- Exploits of the "Pickering" -- the "Revenge." -- the "Holkar." -- The "Congress" and the "Savage." -- The "Hyder Ali" and the "Gen. Monk." -- The Whale-Boat Hostilities. -- The "Old Jersey" Prison-Ship.

CHAPTER XV.✦

The Navy Disbanded. -- Aggressions of Barbary Corsairs. -- A Disgraceful Tribute. -- Bainbridge and the Dey. -- Gen. Eaton at Tunis. -- A Squadron sent to the Mediterranean. -- Decatur and the Spaniards. -- The "Enterprise" and the "Tripoli." -- American Slaves in Algiers.

CHAPTER XVI.✦

More Vigorous Policy. -- Commodore Morris sent to the Mediterranean. -- Porter's Cutting-Out Expedition. -- Commodore Preble sent to the Mediterranean. -- His Encounter with a British Man-of-War. -- The Loss of the "Philadelphia." -- Decatur's Daring Adventure.

CHAPTER XVII.✦

A Stirring Year. -- The Bombardment of Tripoli. -- Decatur's Hand-to-Hand Fight. -- Lieut. Trippe's Bravery. -- Lieut. Spence's Bold Deed. -- Somers's Narrow Escape. -- The Floating Mine. -- The Fatal Explosion. -- Close of the War. -- The End.

PART II.

BLUE JACKETS OF 1812.

CHAPTER I.✦

The Gathering of the War-Cloud. -- The Revolution ended, but the War for Independence yet unfought. -- Outrages upon American Sailors. -- The Right of Search. -- Impressment. -- Boyhood of Commodore Porter. -- Early Days of Commodores Perry and Barney. -- Burning a Privateer. -- The Embargo. -- War Inevitable