The "Serapis" was little better than a wreck, and the old flag was reluctantly hauled down. Paul Jones received the conquered enemy most courteously. Without the aid of the "Alliance" the "Bonne Homme Richard" would have been captured. She was on fire in two places, the guns on her lower deck were dismounted, and she had seven feet of water in her hold. Out of her crew of 375 men, 306 were killed and wounded. The total loss of the two English ships did not reach half that number. On the following day the "Bonne Homme Richard" was abandoned, and, before all her wounded could be removed, went to the bottom. The "Countess of Scarborough" fought the "Pallas" and "Vengeance" for upwards of two hours, and only struck when a third vessel bore down upon her. The King of France presented Paul Jones with a gold-hilted sword, and requested the American Government to sanction the bestowal of the military Order of Merit upon the gallant adventurer. Captain Pearson was knighted, and was rewarded by the merchants for saving the Baltic fleet. He was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Greenwich, and received the Freedom of the corporations of Hull, Scarborough, Appleby, and Dover. [Illustration: THE END] Index. Adela, daughter of William I., 56 Adelwald, King of Deira, 8-10 Aire, River, 8, 99, 185 Airedale, 99 Albany, Duke of, 142 Albemarle, William, 3rd Earl of, 61, 66 Alberic, Bishop of Ostia, 73 Aldred, Archbishop of York, 43 Alexander II., King of Scotland, 79, 80 Alexander III., King of Scotland, 79 Alfred, King of the North-Humbrians, 10, 11 Alfred, King of England, 20 Alnwick Castle, 76 Alred, 70 Alured, Lieut., 191 Alured, Captn., 191 Anlaf, 216-220 Annandale, Robert Bruce, Lord of, 64-66 Appleby, 225 Archer, John, 156 Arundel, Edmund Fitz-Alan, 2nd Earl of, 100 Aske, Robert, 175 Aspall, 159-160 Athelstan, King of Mercia, 13, 216-220 Atkinson, Captn., 179 Audley, John Touchet, 6th Lord, 152 Avon, River, 100 Badlesmere, Bartholomew, 1st Lord de, 103-4 Baird, Captn., John, 214 Baldwin V., Earl of Flanders, 18 Baldwinson, Ensign, 189 Baliol, Bernard de, 61, 64-66, 76 Baliol, Edward, King of Scotland, 138 Ballinson, Ensign, 189 Bamborough Castle, 50-51, 172 Banbury, 81 Bangor, Bishop of, 147 Bardolph, Thomas, 5th Lord, 143-7 Barfleur, 54 Battles: Adwalton Moor, 193-5 Agincourt, 124, 137, 148 Bannockburn, 83, 103 Barnet, 173 Beaujé, 149 Bloreheath, 152 Boroughbridge, 107-110 Bosworth, 174 Bramham Moor, 145-6 Brunanburgh, 13-14, 217-220 Byland Abbey, 122-128 Cressy, 124 Durham, or Neville's Cross, 133 Ebberston, 11 Evesham, 158 Falkirk, 103 off Flamborough, 222-5 Fulford, 24 Hastings, or Senlac, 27, 37-41, 53 Hedgeley Moor, 172 Hexham, 172 Homildon, 142 Hull, 196-8 Leeds, 183-6