. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . earson. I have not yet begun tofight! replied Jones. Thenwith his own hands Joneslashed the two ships together,and inseparably joined, theirsides actually touching, theybattled on. Solid shot andcanister swept through bothships like hail, while musket-men on the decks and in therigging exchanged storms ofbullets. For an hour and ahalf the conflict raged. ThenLandais came up with theAlliance and began firing equally on both. Jones ordered him to go to the other side of the Serapisand board, and his answer was to turn helm and go o
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. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . earson. I have not yet begun tofight! replied Jones. Thenwith his own hands Joneslashed the two ships together, and inseparably joined, theirsides actually touching, theybattled on. Solid shot andcanister swept through bothships like hail, while musket-men on the decks and in therigging exchanged storms ofbullets. For an hour and ahalf the conflict raged. ThenLandais came up with theAlliance and began firing equally on both. Jones ordered him to go to the other side of the Serapisand board, and his answer was to turn helm and go out of the fight altogether.Now the fighting ships were both afire, and both leaking and sinking. Mostof the guns were disabled, and three-fourths of the men were killed orwounded. The gallant Pearson stood almost alone on the deck of the doomedSerapis, not one of his men able to fight longer. Jones was as solitary onthe Bon Homme Richard. all his men still able-bodied being at the pumps, striving to keep the ship afloat. With his own hands he trained a gun upon. PAUL JONES. 156 THE STORY OF AMERICA. the mainmast of the Serapis, and cut it down; and then Pearson surren-dered. The Pallas and Alliance came up and took off the men, and ina few hours the two ships sank, still bound together in the clasp of death. This was not only one of the most desperate and deadly naval battlesin history. Its moral effect was epoch-making. John Paul Jones was thehero of the day, and Europe showered honors upon him. The American flagwas hailed as a rival to that of England on the seas, and all Europe wasencouraged to unite against England and force her to abate her arrogant pre-tensions, and to accede to a more just and liberal code of international maritimelaw than had before prevailed. In view of this latter fact, this battle must beranked among the three or four most important in the naval history of theworld. It was this battle that inspired Catharine of Russia to enunciate thedoctrine of the r