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Show Ferocious Bravery. In the naval battle between the English Eng-lish nnd the French off Dominica In April. 1782, an English gunner was standing by his gun when the ship sheered abreast of the .French flagship. flag-ship. The gun was all readv nnH l,,t .-..... .. (, nna ii leuuy ana just going to Arc when a shot camo In at the port and took his leg off at tho knee. Ah quick as thought tho man pulled off his neckcloth and tied his leg above the stump. The next Instant he seized his shot-off limb and thrust It Into tho muzzle of the gtm, which went off two seconds later "My foot," i shouted thu man, exultnnil), "Is tho first to board the Ville de Paris!" |