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Well Done, Condor!
and geniality he ever met Avith ; and there is a determined look about his photograph , which seems to imply a determination to do his best , very characteristic of his high-spirited race . His achievements at the attack on Alexandria are very noteworthy .
Ordered at 7 . 20 a . m . by the Admiral to engage Fort Marabout , which was somewhat harassing the vessels Penelope , Invincible , and Monarch , which were bombarding- the Mex Forts , the little Condor ran in right under the guns . In a very short space of time , however , the Condor , though possessing only three small guns—two 64-pounders
and one 112-pounder—AA hile the fort Avas reckoned the second strongest in Alexandria , mounting four powerful and twenty smaller smooth-bore guns , succeeded in silencing all the guns but one—gaining from the
Admiral the complimentary signal , " Well done , Condor ! Bro . Lord Charles William De-la-Poer Beresford , the Commander of H . M . gunboat Condor , is a son of the fourth Marquis of Waterford , and brother of the present holder of that title . He was born in 1846 , appointed a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1868 , and
promoted Commander in 1875 , in which year he accompanied H . R . H . the Prince of Wales to India as Naval Aide-de-Camp . He was M . P . for County Waterford from 1874 to 1880 . In 1863 his Lordship was awarded the gold medal of the Liverpool ShipAvreck and Humane Society for jumping overboard after a man Avho had fallen out of a
boat whilst going to the Defence in Dublin Bay ; and he has also the bronze medal and clasp of the Royal Humane Society for similar acts of bravery performed in the Mersey in 1863 , and at Port Stanley , Falkland Islands , in 1871 .
All brethren of the Mystic Tie , all the Avorld over , will feel proud of their gallant brother , and Avatch with interest his future career . In the special Graphic for July 24 , are several A ery striking illustrations , admirably portraying the recent gallant attack of the Condor on the Alexandrian Batteries . We note it in hot engagement , " close
in shore . " with Fort Marabout . We listen to the cheers of the men of the Invincible greeting their gallant comrades in the gunboat . We almost read the Admiral ' s signal , " Well done , Condor ! " High praise , indeed , where all did so well . We observe IIOAV all are hard at work on board the Condor itself ; how , even , as if in anticipation of hot
work and close quarters , the "idlers" are being drilled . We almost Avish Lord Charles could drill as thoroughly many " idlers" at home , especially those who ask inopportune questions , and make sill y speeches in a certain famed locality . All these various evidences , Avhich as Freemasons Ave gladly hail , point with unerring effect to the skill , the energy , the professional excellencies of the gallant commander of the Condor , Bro . Lord Charles Beresford .
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Well Done, Condor!
and geniality he ever met Avith ; and there is a determined look about his photograph , which seems to imply a determination to do his best , very characteristic of his high-spirited race . His achievements at the attack on Alexandria are very noteworthy .
Ordered at 7 . 20 a . m . by the Admiral to engage Fort Marabout , which was somewhat harassing the vessels Penelope , Invincible , and Monarch , which were bombarding- the Mex Forts , the little Condor ran in right under the guns . In a very short space of time , however , the Condor , though possessing only three small guns—two 64-pounders
and one 112-pounder—AA hile the fort Avas reckoned the second strongest in Alexandria , mounting four powerful and twenty smaller smooth-bore guns , succeeded in silencing all the guns but one—gaining from the
Admiral the complimentary signal , " Well done , Condor ! Bro . Lord Charles William De-la-Poer Beresford , the Commander of H . M . gunboat Condor , is a son of the fourth Marquis of Waterford , and brother of the present holder of that title . He was born in 1846 , appointed a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1868 , and
promoted Commander in 1875 , in which year he accompanied H . R . H . the Prince of Wales to India as Naval Aide-de-Camp . He was M . P . for County Waterford from 1874 to 1880 . In 1863 his Lordship was awarded the gold medal of the Liverpool ShipAvreck and Humane Society for jumping overboard after a man Avho had fallen out of a
boat whilst going to the Defence in Dublin Bay ; and he has also the bronze medal and clasp of the Royal Humane Society for similar acts of bravery performed in the Mersey in 1863 , and at Port Stanley , Falkland Islands , in 1871 .
All brethren of the Mystic Tie , all the Avorld over , will feel proud of their gallant brother , and Avatch with interest his future career . In the special Graphic for July 24 , are several A ery striking illustrations , admirably portraying the recent gallant attack of the Condor on the Alexandrian Batteries . We note it in hot engagement , " close
in shore . " with Fort Marabout . We listen to the cheers of the men of the Invincible greeting their gallant comrades in the gunboat . We almost read the Admiral ' s signal , " Well done , Condor ! " High praise , indeed , where all did so well . We observe IIOAV all are hard at work on board the Condor itself ; how , even , as if in anticipation of hot
work and close quarters , the "idlers" are being drilled . We almost Avish Lord Charles could drill as thoroughly many " idlers" at home , especially those who ask inopportune questions , and make sill y speeches in a certain famed locality . All these various evidences , Avhich as Freemasons Ave gladly hail , point with unerring effect to the skill , the energy , the professional excellencies of the gallant commander of the Condor , Bro . Lord Charles Beresford .