Show novel when an accurate and impartial partial in history lii story of the Peru peruvian yian war is is written the story will bo be as romantic as a novel many incidents arc are recounted which sound more like fiction than truth and yet did most assuredly occur for F or instance the famous ram rain huascar after the death of admiral grau and when the chilian flag was hoisted lio isted over her blood splashed timbers was put in command of captain manual thompson N a chilian officer and a deschi defendant of one of the many foreigners who fought in the struggle for independence pen en dence thompson was a very trave brave but somewhat impetuous captain caplain and one fair day in ili arica smarting under the brilliant exploit of the peruvian corvette union a wooden ship which cleverly evaded the iron dads of chili he took the huascar close into the town and commenced shelling it while at intervals his compliments were sent in the shape of heavy shot to the peruvian batteries on the hill feet above him these guns were not long in ill replying re lying and a huge shell exploded T over the Ilu huascar ascar just as thompson sword in hand was pointing inting a gun 11 against i ast the town the pr he explosion of hitce the peruvian Pert ivian projectile jee tile was terrific thompson was blown low into a thousand thou mild pieces and liis his naked sword broken off at the hilt was im bedded as carefully and perfectly into the deck as if it had been ee con driven into the plank by well directed human force there it remains to this day nw york world |