With Cochrane the Dauntless. G. A. Henty

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       G. A. Henty

      With Cochrane the Dauntless

      Published by Good Press, 2020

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      EAN 4064066104269

Table of Contents

       PREFACE.

       ILLUSTRATIONS.

       CHAPTER I.

       OFF TO SEA.

       CHAPTER II.

       IN THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.

       CHAPTER III.

       A CYCLONE.

       CHAPTER IV.

       A RESCUE.

       CHAPTER V.

       AGAIN ON THE ISLAND.

       CHAPTER VI.

       HOME.

       CHAPTER VII.

       COCHRANE’S CAREER.

       CHAPTER VIII.

       THE BASQUE ROADS.

       CHAPTER IX.

       IN CHILI.

       CHAPTER X.

       WRECKED.

       CHAPTER XI.

       A DANGEROUS COMPANION.

       CHAPTER XII.

       DEATH OF THE CAPTAIN.

       CHAPTER XIII.

       PRIZE-MONEY.

       CHAPTER XIV.

       A PRISONER.

       CHAPTER XV.

       FRIENDS IN NEED.

       CHAPTER XVI.

       AN INDIAN GUIDE.

       CHAPTER XVII.

       DOWN THE RIVER.

       CHAPTER XVIII.

       CAPTURED BY INDIANS.

       CHAPTER XIX.

       IN BRAZIL.

       CHAPTER XX.

       FRESH TRIUMPHS.

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PREFACE.

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      In the annals of British sailors there is no name that should stand higher than that of Lord Cochrane. In some respects he resembled that daring leader and great military genius, the Earl of Peterborough. Both performed feats that most men would have regarded as impossible, both possessed extraordinary personal bravery and exceptional genius for war, and a love for adventure. Both accomplished marvels, and neither was appreciated at his full value by his countrymen, both having a touch of originality that amounted in the case of Peterborough to absolute eccentricity. In other respects they had little in common. Cochrane’s life was passed in one long struggle on behalf of the oppressed. He ruined his career in our navy, and created for himself a host of bitter enemies by his crusade against the enormous abuses of our naval administration, and by the ardour with which he championed the cause of reform at home. Finding the English navy closed to him he threw himself into the cause of oppressed nationalities. His valour and genius saved Chili from being reconquered by the Spanish, rescued Peru from their grasp, and utterly broke their power in South America. Similarly he crushed the Portuguese power in Brazil and ensured its independence, and then took up the cause of Greece. In all four enterprises his efforts were hampered by the utter corruption of the governments of these countries, just as his efforts on behalf [pg VI]of British sailors and of the British people at large had brought upon him the hatred and persecution of a government as corrupt as those of Chili, Brazil, and Greece. He was rewarded only with the basest ingratitude, and returned home after having expended a large part of his fortune and permanently injured his health in the inestimable services he had rendered. In other respects besides those exploits connected with the sea, his genius was remarkable. After retiring from active service he devoted himself