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of escaping, as in the case of the President and 

 Endymion. 



It is thus seen that the Shannon received from 

 shot alone only about half the damage the Chesa 

 peake did; the latter was thoroughly beaten at the 

 guns, in spite of what some American authors say 

 to the contrary. And her victory was not in the 



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slightest degree to be attributed to, though it may 

 have been slightly hastened by, accident. Training 

 and discipline won the victory, as often before; only 

 in this instance the training and discipline were 

 against us. 



It is interesting to notice that the Chesapeake 

 battered the Shannon's hull far more than either the 

 Java, Guerriere, or Macedonian did the hulls of 

 their opponents, and that she suffered less in re- 



