'Count De Grasse resigning his Sword to Admiral Rodney' 150 The 'Rodney Temple,' Spanish Town, Jamaica 162 Admiral De Grasse as a Prisoner of War 163 Captain Robert Faulknor 172 Captain Faulknor storming Fort Louis 187 The Death of Captain Faulknor 197 'Billy Blue'--Admiral the Hon. Sir William Cornwallis, G.C.B. 199 'Cornwallis's Retreat' 208 The 'Fighting' _Temeraire_ tugged to her last Berth to be broken up 213 Where Turner met the _Temeraire_ 215 Camp of the Grand Army at Boulogne, 1804 227 Captain Lucas--the French hero of Trafalgar 253 The Battle of Trafalgar. Oct. 21, 1805--2.15 P.M. 260 Admiral Villeneuve's Sword 265 Admiral Villeneuve's Signature 279 The _Temeraire_ entering Portsmouth Harbour on her return from Trafalgar. Dec. 20, 1805 281 Relics of the 'Fighting' _Temeraire_ 284 Alexandria--July 11, 1882. The _Condor_ attacking Fort Marabout 287 Bombardment of Alexandria. July 11, 1882--9 A.M. 295 Vice-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, K.C.B. 298 [Illustration: 'READY, AYE READY!' OUR CRUISER _MONMOUTH_ OF TO-DAY From a drawing by W. Fred Mitchell, by kind permission of Messrs. J. Griffin & Co., Portsmouth.] I THE _MONMOUTHS_ IN WAR HOW ARTHUR GARDINER FOUGHT THE _FOUDROYANT_ Aye stout were her timbers and stoutly commanded, In the annals of glory unchalleng'd her name; Aye ready for battle when duty demanded, Aye ready to conquer--or die in her fame! _Old Song._ The _Monmouth_ of to-day is one of our 'County Cruisers'--and among them one of the smartest and best. Her special role in war-time will be to help in safeguarding the commerce of the British Empire on the high seas, to see that the corn-ships and the cattle-ships from across the Atlantic, on which the people of these islands depend for their existence from day to day, reach port without molestation by the 'corsair cruisers' of the enemy. It will be her duty to patrol on the trade routes far and wide, and chase off hostile ships at sight, or run them down and fight them. All that, with other duties at times thrown in:-- For this is our office, to spy and make room. As hiding, yet guiding the foe to their doom; Surrounding, confounding, to bait and betray And tempt them to battle the seas' width away.