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garrison mounted the hill before them and surveyed the place where their 

fort had been�察�there was not one of them who had sufficient command of 

himself to write a report of what had happened。 They gazed at the bare�察�

staring flatness of the shorn bluff�察�and they looked at each other。 This was 

not war。 It was something supernatural�察�awful� �They were not frightened�察�

they   were   oppressed   and   appalled。   But   the   military   discipline   of   their 

minds soon exerted its force�察�and a brief account of the terrific event was 

transmitted   to   the   authorities�察  �and   Sergeant   Kilsey   was   sentenced   to   a 

month   in   the   guard´   house。   No   one   approached   the   vicinity  of   the   bluff 

where the fort had stood�察�for danger might not be over�察�but every possible 

point of observation within a safe distance was soon crowded with anxious 

and   terrified   observers。 A  feeling   of   awe   was   noticeable   everywhere。   If 

people could have had a tangible idea of what had occurred�察�it would have 

been   different。   If   the   sea   had   raged�察  �if   a   vast   body   of   water   had   been 

thrown into the air�察�if a dense cloud had been suddenly ejected from the 



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surface of the earth�察�they might have formed some opinion about it。 But 

the instantaneous disappearance of a great fortification with a little more 

appreciable   accompaniment   than   the   sudden   tap�察  �as   of   a   little   hammer�察�

upon   thousands   of   window´panes�察  �was   something   which   their   intellects 

could   not grasp。   It   was not   to be   expected   that   the   ordinary  mind   could 

appreciate   the   difference   between   the   action   of   an   instantaneous   motor 

when      imbedded      in   rocks   and    earth�察  �and   its  effect�察  �when     opposed      by 

nothing but stone walls�察�upon or near the surface of the earth。 Early  the 

next   morning�察  �the   little   fleet   of   the   Syndicate   prepared   to   carry   out   its 

further   orders。 The   waters   of   the   lower   bay  were   now   entirely   deserted�察�

craft   of   every   description   having   taken   refuge   in   the   upper   part   of   the 

harbour near and above the city。 Therefore�察�as soon as it was light enough 

to make observations�察�Repeller No。 1 did not hesitate to discharge a motor´ 

bomb into the harbour�察�a mile or more above where the first one had fallen。 

This was done in order to explode any torpedoes which might have been 

put   into   position   since   the   discharge   of   the   first   bomb。 There   were   very 

few   people   in   the   city   and   suburbs   who   were   at   that   hour   out   of   doors 

where   they  could see   the   great   cloud   of   water   arise   toward the   sky�察  �and 

behold   it   descend   like   a   mighty   cataract   upon   the   harbour   and   adjacent 

shores�察�but the quick�察�sharp shock which ran under the town made people 

spring from their beds�察�and although nothing was then to be seen�察�nearly 

everybody felt sure that the Syndicate's forces had begun their day's work 

by exploding another mine。 A lighthouse�察�the occupants of which had been 

ordered to leave when the fort was evacuated�察�as they might be in danger 

in case of a bombardment�察�was so shaken by the explosion of this motor´ 

bomb that it fell in ruins on the rocks upon which it had stood。 The two 

crabs   now   took   the   steel   net   from   its   moorings   and   carried   it   up       the 

harbour。   This   was   rather   difficult   on   account   of   the   islands�察  �rocks�察  �and 

sand´bars�察�but the leading crab had on board a pilot acquainted with those 

waters。 With   the  net hanging   between them�察 �the  two submerged vessels�察�

one carefully following the other�察�reached a point about two miles below 

the city�察�where the net was anchored across the harbour。 It did not reach 

from   shore   to   shore�察  �but   in   the   course   of   the   morning   two   other   nets�察�

designed       for  shallower      waters�察   �were     brought     from    the   repellers    and 



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anchored   at   each   end   of   the   main   net�察  �thus   forming   a   line   of   complete 

protection   against   submarine   torpedoes   which   might   be   sent   down   from 

the    upper     harbour。     Repeller     No。    1  now     steamed      into   the   harbour�察�

accompanied by Crab A�察�and anchored about a quarter of a mile seaward 

of   the net。 The   other   repeller�察 �with her   attendant   crab�察  �cruised   about   the 

mouth of the harbour�察�watching a smaller entrance to the port as well as 

the larger one�察�and thus maintaining an effective blockade。 This was not a 

difficult duty�察�for since the news of the extraordinary performances of the 

crabs had been spread abroad�察�no merchant vessel�察�large or small�察�cared to 

approach       that  port�察  �and    strict  orders    had    been   issued    by   the   British 

Admiralty       that   no   vessel   of   the  navy    should�察   �until   further   instructed�察�

engage in combat with the peculiar craft of the Syndicate。 Until a plan of 

action     had   been    determined      upon�察   �it  was    very   desirable    that   English 

cruisers should not be exposed to useless injury and danger。 This being the 

state of affairs�察�a message was sent from the office of the Syndicate across 

the border to the Dominion Government�察�which stated that the seaport city 

which had been attacked by the forces of the Syndicate now lay under the 

guns of its vessels�察�and in case of any overt act of war by Great Britain or 

Canada alone�察�such as the entrance of an armed force from British territory 

into the United States�察�or a capture of or attack upon an American vessel�察�

naval     or  commercial�察      �by   a  British   man´of´war�察      �or  an   attack    upon    an 

American        port   by  British    vessels�察   �the   city  would     be   bombarded       and 

destroyed。   This   message�察  �which   was�察  �of   course�察  �instantly   transmitted   to 

London�察�placed the British Government in the apparent position of being 

held   by   the   throat   by   the   American   War   Syndicate。   But   if   the   British 

Government�察�or the people of England or Canada�察�recognized this position 

at   all�察  �it   was   merely   as   a   temporary   condition。   In   a   short   time   the   most 

powerful men´of´war of   the Royal   Navy�察�as well   as a   fleet of   transports 

carrying   troops�察  �would   reach   the   coasts   of   North America�察  �and   then   the 

condition of   affairs   would   rapidly  be   changed。  It   was   absurd   to   suppose 

that   a   few   medium´sized   vessels�察  �however   heavily   armoured�察  �or   a   few 

new´fangled        submarine      machines�察     �however      destructive    they    might    be�察�

could   withstand   an   armada   of   the   largest   and   finest   armoured vessels   in 

the   world。 A  ship   or   two   might   be   disabled�察  �although   this   was   unlikely�察�



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now that the new method of attack was understood�察�but it would soon be 

the   ports   of   the   United   States�察  �on   both   the   Pacific   and   Atlantic   coasts�察�

which would lie under the guns of an enemy。 But it was not in the power 

of their navy that the British Government and the people of England and 

Canada placed their greatest trust�察�but in the incapacity of their petty foe to 

support its   ridiculous   assumptions。 The   claim that the   city  lay   under   the 

guns of the American Syndicate was considered ridiculous�察�for few people 

believed   that   these   vessels   

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