Nothing could exceed the promptness and generosity with which this gallant officer hastened to place twenty-four Marines at their immediate disposal; or the courtesy with which the Peninsular and Oriental Steam-Packet Company lent the "Lady Mary Wood" for their conveyance.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot
The sailors and Marines vied with each other in describing their achievements, and seemed to delight in all the bloody details of the day.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot
A detachment of English Marines, in the steamer 'Ann,' shortly after encountered the pirates, burnt a large village to which they were in the habit of retreating, killed twenty men, and took several pieces of cannon.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot