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Captain Breaker was perplexed when his ship came alongside the enemy and / was made fast to her, for things were not working according to the usual / rules made and provided for such occasions, and Captain Rombold was / evidently resorting to some unusual tactics. The two steamers were of / about the same height above water, so their decks were very nearly on a / level.
The men with muskets on both sides were reloading their weapons, and / those with navy revolvers were discharging them at the enemy; but the / officers of divisions concealed their men behind the bulwarks when the / order to board did not come.