=Stanza 10.= =Broke= (Philip Bowes Vere), the captain of the _Shannon_, who was knighted for his victory over the _Chesapeake_, and became a popular hero in England. 12. THE FIGHT OF THE “ARMSTRONG” PRIVATEER. By James Jeffrey Roche. James Jeffrey Roche, a journalist and ballad writer of much vigor, was born in Queens County, Ireland, May 31, 1847. His early life was spent on Prince Edward Island. He removed to Boston in 1866, and on the death of John Boyle O’Reilly succeeded him as editor of the _Pilot_. The memorable “Fight of the _Armstrong_ Privateer” took place September 26 and 27, 1814. The British lost one hundred and twenty men killed and one hundred and eighty wounded, while the Americans had but two killed and seven wounded. Samuel Chester Reid, who commanded the _Armstrong_, was the son of a lieutenant in the British navy. He was at one time harbor-master and warden of the port of New York, and was the designer of the present form of the United States flag, proposing to retain the original thirteen stripes and add a new star whenever a new State was admitted to the Union. =l. 10.= =Nelson= (Horatio), England’s most noted naval commander, the hero of Copenhagen, Aboukir Bay, Egypt, where he destroyed the French fleet, and of Trafalgar, where he was victorious over the combined fleets of France and Spain, and where he met his death, October 21, 1805. =l. 12.= =Dundonald= (Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald, 1749-1831), a distinguished Scottish seaman. =l. 31.= =Dartmoor=, an English prison in Devonshire. It was built in 1806, during the Napoleonic wars, for the retention of prisoners. Seven Americans were killed here, and sixty wounded, on April 16, 1815, a brutal and unprovoked act. =l. 40.= =Pico=, one of the middle group of the Azores. =l. 42.= =Lloyd= (Captain Robert), of the _Plantagenet_, the commander of the English fleet. 13. THE MEN OF THE ALAMO. By James Jeffrey Roche. James Jeffrey Roche. See note on “The Fight of the _Armstrong_ Privateer.” The Alamo was a Spanish Mission at San Antonio, founded early in the 18th century. Later it was transformed into a fortress. In addition to the church, with adjacent buildings used as quarters for the soldiers and for the magazine, there was a rectangular space about one hundred and fifty yards long and fifty yards wide protected by a stone wall from six to eight feet in height and nearly three feet in thickness. This enclosure was defended by fourteen or more cannon. The storming of the Alamo took place on the morning of the 6th of March, 1836. There were 188 Texans defending the place, while the Mexican force numbered from 2500 to 5000. Three women, a child, and a negro servant survived the fight. The statement in the last line of the poem refers to the defenders.