...without much fuss. The second was twenty-four to ten; they also went to the Leeward. I had eighteen Italians in the boat with me, who claim the honor...Some of the Turks died like men, but much the greater died like women. — From Naval Documents Related to the United States Wars with the Barbary Powers....

...comment on the Neapolitans in his crew, who had remained in their gunboat, he wrote, "I had eighteen Italians in the boat with me, who claim the honor...prayers had been heard. This might have been the case." There was one last matter to take care of, and that was for Decatur to acknowledge his debt to the...

...own way and give them two to one," said Decatur, and in unsurprising nineteenthcentury fashion added, "Some of the Turks died like men, but much the greater number like women." Grateful as he and the other Americans were for the Neapolitans' help, Decatur was more...

...killed, four wounded. "I find handto-hand is not child's play. 'Tis kill or be killed," Decatur remarked. "Some of the Turks died like men, but much the greater number like women." Gunboat No. 2 was commanded by Decatur's younger brother, James. He steered toward the...

...By day's end, the Americans could claim forty-seven Tripolitans dead and fifty-six taken prisoner. "Some of the Turks died like men, but much the greater number like women," Decatur vaunted, but Preble quashed his brio. Learning that Decatur had captured "only"...