 | 1881 - 980 страници
...ships. Running to the forecastle, I took the message of Captain Alden of the Brooklyn, which was : "The monitors are right ahead ; we cannot go on without passing them." Transmitting the message to the Admiral by an aid, he replied at once : " Order the monitors ahead,... | |
 | John Denison Champlin - 1881 - 626 страници
...passed, the Brooklyn was seen to be stopping and signalling to the flag-ship. The signal officer read: "The monitors are right ahead; we cannot go on without passing them." As soon as the Admiral received the message he sent word to the signal officer to answer: " Order the... | |
 | John Denison Champlin - 1881 - 624 страници
...passed, the Brooklyn was seen to be stopping and signalling to the flag-ship. The signal officer read: "The monitors are right ahead; we cannot go on without passing them." As soon as the Admiral received the message he sent word to the signal officer to answer: " Order the... | |
 | J. G. HOLLAND - 1881 - 990 страници
...ships. Running to the forecastle, I took the message of Captain Alden of the Brooklyn, which was : " The monitors are right ahead ; we cannot go on without passing them." Transmitting the message to the Admiral by an aid, he replied at once : " Order the monitors ahead,... | |
 | Samuel Giles Buckingham - 1894 - 572 страници
...was likely to carry some of the vessels ashore under the guns of the fort. The Brooklyn signaled, " The monitors are right ahead; we cannot go on without passing them." The reply was sent at once from the admiral, " Order the monitors ahead and go on." But still the Brooklyn... | |
 | Herbert Wrigley Wilson - 1896 - 468 страници
...them athwart the channel so that the guns of the fort could rake them. The Brooklyn began to signal " The monitors are right ahead ; we cannot go on without passing them." Farragut signalled back " Order the monitors ahead, and go on ;" but the Brooklyn had stopped, and... | |
 | Edgar Stanton Maclay - 1898 - 706 страници
...directions seemingly, and looking forward to discover the cause, I saw, to my consternation, the Teoumseh going down bow foremost, with the propeller of the...running to the forecastle, took the Brooklyn's message. Farragot promptly replied, " Order the monitors ahead and go on," but the engines of the Brooklyn and... | |
 | Edward Kirk Rawson - 1899 - 466 страници
...Brooklyn is signalling." The officer ran to the forecastle and read the Brooklyn's message, which was, " The monitors are right ahead ; we cannot go on without passing them." The admiral immediately said, "Order the monitors ahead, and go on." The moment was critical. A halt... | |
 | Frederic Stanhope Hill - 1903 - 638 страници
...at about 7.45 o'clock! At this critical moment of the fight the Brooklyn slowed down, signalling, " The monitors are right ahead ; we cannot go on without passing them. ' ' Farragut signalled, " Order the monitors ahead, and go on," but the Brooklyn had stopped her engines... | |
 | Spencer Tucker - 2002 - 216 страници
...Gulf. Alden ordered one of the army flagmen brought aboard the squadron for the operation to signal the flagship: "The Monitors are right ahead. We cannot go on without passing them. What shall we do?"2 It was difficult to get answers back and forth through the smoke. Lt. John Kinney... | |
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The monitors are right ahead ; we cannot go on without passing them. 