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THE BATTLE OF TSU-SHIMA

— to stamp out the last spark of hope — to tell them the hard truth — to say, in fact, that it was of no use our fighting, and that all was over. No! I couldn't! On the contrary, I was filled with a desire to mislead them — to feed that flame of hope. Rather let them die in the happy consciousness of victory, life, and glory, coming perhaps in a few moments.

As already said, the place where the church was usually rigged[1] — and which the doctor had (so unluckily) selected for his temporary dressing station — had been fairly fortunate, but now, abaft the centre 6-inch turrets, the fire had commenced to make its way. Proceeding thither, we set to work .

  1. ↑ In a ship there is no proper church compartment. The church is only rigged when a service is to be held
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