Surrounded by a raging fire, which the utmost exertions could not subdue, and which threatened momentarily the explosion of her well-supplied magazines, the officers exhibited no signs of fear and the men obeyed every order with alacrity.
Tyler describes the courage of officers and men during a dangerous situation aboard a ship.
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