Their column wasnow badly broken, the Susquehanna had gone, the Theodore Roosevelt hadfallen astern out of the line, with her forward guns disabled, in a heapof wreckage, and the Monitor was in some grave trouble. These two hadceased fire altogether, and so had the Bremen and Weimar, all four shipslying within shot of each other in an involuntary truce and with theirrespective flags still displayed.
But such news it was.Bert sat in the background--for by this time they had gauged hispersonal quality... read more