The two men who had been injured by the splinters were not disabled, and they were ordered to report to the surgeon.

Before the enemy could resume her course, the captain of the pivot gun had caught his aim, and discharged the Parrot.

All hands watched for the result of the shot, and the glasses of the captain and the first lieutenant were directed to the chase.
She was near enough now to be observed with the naked eye with tolerable accuracy, and a shout went up from the men at the pivot gun, in which the rest of the crew on deck joined, as they saw that the shot had struck the midship gun of the enemy, or very near it; and this was the point where old Blumenhoff, the captain of the gun, had been directed to aim.

He was a German, but he had served for twenty-one years in the British navy, and had won a brilliant reputation in his present position.
It could not be immediately determined whether or not the Armstrong had been disabled.

The Tallahatchie had swung round again and resumed her flight; but her commander must have realized by this time that he was getting the worst of it.