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Commodore Truxtun leaped into the shrouds	Frontispiece

	FACING PAGE
The death of Tippo-Sahib at the storming of Seringapatam	12

The battle of Tippecanoe	16

The frigate Philadelphia ran aground in the harbor of Tripoli, the Tripolitans capturing Captain Bainbridge and his entire crew	54

But even in those days the fame of American gunners was as wide as the seas	86

The battle of New Orleans	120

Westward pressed the little troop of pioneers, across the sun-baked lava beds of southwestern Utah	136

The Sacramento Valley in 1845	164

General William Walker and his men, after a long and stormy voyage, landing at Virgin Bay, en route to Costa Rica	196

General Walker reviewing troops on the Grand Plaza, Granada	200

The programme was always the same: the sudden rush of the filibusters with their high, shrill yell; the taking of the barracks and the cathedral in the Plaza	206

"Come on, boys!" shouted Ward. "We're going in!" and plunged through the narrow opening, a revolver in each hand	230