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With Cochrane the Dauntless by George
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Title: With Cochrane the Dauntless
Author: George Alfred Henty
Release Date: July 6, 2008 [Ebook #25993]
Language: English
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WITH
COCHRANE THE DAUNTLESS
A TALE OF
THE EXPLOITS OF LORD COCHRANE IN SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS
BY
G. A. HENTY Author of "Under Drake's Flag", "The Dash for Khartoum", "In Greek Waters", "The Lion of St. Mark", "Through Russian Snows", &c.
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WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS BY W. H. MARGETSON
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LONDON
BLACKIE & SON, LIMITED, 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C. GLASGOW AND DUBLIN 1897
PREFACE.
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 t