Wounded though he was and heartbroken by the disaster, his chivalry was faultless, and he took pains to report: "I feel it my duty to state that the conduct of Captain Hull and his officers toward our men has been that of a brave and generous enemy, the greatest care being taken to prevent our men losing the smallest trifle and the greatest attention being paid to the wounded." When the Englishman was climbing up the side of the _Constitution_ as a prisoner, Isaac Hull ran to help him, exclaiming, "Give me your hand, Dacres.

I know you are hurt." No wonder that these two captains became fast friends.

It is because sea warfare abounds in such manly incidents as these that the modern naval code of Germany, as exemplified in the acts of her submarine commanders, was so peculiarly barbarous and repellent.
On board the _Guerriere_ was Captain William B.Orne, of the Salem merchant brig _Betsy_, which had been taken as a prize.

His story of the combat is not widely known and seems worth quoting in part: At two P.M.we discovered a large sail to windward bearing about north from us.

We soon made her out to be a frigate.