The Story of Arnold’s Extraordinary Fight against Overwhelming Odds on Lake Champlain--A Thousand Sailors, of whom Seven-tenths were Picked Men, Armed with the Heaviest Guns, were Pitted under a Courageous Leader against 700 Yankees, chiefly Haymakers, Poorly Armed and with Insufficient Ammunition--Savages with Scalping Knives Aided the British--A Desperate Struggle at the End--The Best All-around Fighter under Washington. CHAPTER V. UNDER THE CRAGS OF THE “TIGHT LITTLE ISLE” 112 The Saucy Yankee Cruisers in British Waters--When Franklin Sailed for France--Wickes in the _Reprisal_ on the Irish Coast--Narrow Escape from a Liner--A Plucky English Lieutenant--Harsh Fate of the Americans in the British Prison--Starved by Act of Parliament--Deeds of the Gallant Connyngham--Well-named Cruisers--A Surprise at a Breakfast Table--Taking Prizes Daily--Why Forty French Ships Loaded in the Thames--Insurance Rates never before Known. CHAPTER VI. JOHN PAUL JONES AND THE _RANGER_ 134 The First Ship that Carried the Stars and Stripes--Dash at a Convoy that Failed--When the Dutch were Browbeaten--The _Ranger_ Sent on a Cruise in English Waters--A Ship Taken off Dublin--The Raid on Whitehaven--When one Brave Man Cowed more than a Thousand--The Whole Truth about Lord Selkirk’s Silverware, with the Noble Lord’s Expression of Gratitude when he Got it Back--How Captain Jones Missed the _Drake_ at First, but Got her Later on in a Fair and Well-fought Battle. CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST SUBMARINE WARSHIP 157 It was Small and Ineffective, but it Contained the Germ of a Mighty Power that is as yet Undeveloped--When Nicholas Biddle Died--He was a Man of the Spirit of an Ideal American Naval Officer--Fought the Ship against Overwhelming Odds till Blown out of the Water--The Loss of the _Hancock_--An American Captain Dismissed for a Good Reason--Captain Rathburne at New Providence--Loss of the _Virginia_--Captain Barry’s Notable Exploit--With Twenty-seven Men to Help him, he Captured a Schooner of Ten Guns by Boarding from Small Boats in Broad Daylight, although the Schooner was Manned by 116 Sailors and Soldiers. CHAPTER VIII. PRIVATEERS OF THE REVOLUTION 196 A Tale of the American Patriots who Went Afloat outside of the Regular Navy--Their Part in Driving the British from Boston--Remarkable Work of the _Lee_--Truxton as a Privateer--Daring Capt. John Foster Williams--When Capt. Daniel Waters, with the _Thorn_ of Sixteen Guns, Whipped Two Ships that Carried Thirty-four Guns between them--Great was Joshua Barney--The Story of the most Famous State Cruisers of the Revolution--Won against Greater Odds than were Encountered by any Successful Sea Captain of the War--British Account of the Work of American Privateers--The Horrors of the _Jersey_ Prison Ship. CHAPTER IX. JOHN PAUL JONES AND THE _BONHOMME RICHARD_ 227