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Accordingly Admiral Parker signalled to her officer to abandon the ship, and set her on fire.The Americans had ten men bernardos criadores de san killed and twenty two wounded.William Jasper, seeing this, leaped on the bastion, walked calmly through the storm of flying missiles, picked up the flag, and fastened it upon a sponge staff.She had bernardos criadores de san been built for the revolutionary government, at Portsmouth, and was a stanch built, solid craft, though miserably slow and somewhat crank.Jones recognized in this desertion the knell of the enterprise upon which he had embarked.With muffled oars the Americans made for the shore, the boats' keels grated upon the pebbly shore, and an instant later the adventurers had scaled the ramparts of the forts, and had made themselves bernardos criadores de san masters of the garrisons.Bit by bit their foothold vanished from beneath them.Now and then the pursuer would luff up and let fly bernardos criadores de san a broadside the shot skipping along over the waves, but sinking before they reached the Providence.The men sat between decks, sharpening cutlasses, and cleaning and priming their pistols the cannon were loaded with grape, and depressed for work at close quarters battle lanterns were hung in place, ready to be lighted at the signal for action.Bringing the Ranger bernardos criadores de san to anchor near the bar, Capt.