File:Civil war Chile-Almiranre Lynch.jpg

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English: the civil war in chili - paying off an old score on the "Almiranre Lynch"

From a sketch by an officer on board an english man-of-war.

The Almirante Lynch sank the Blanco Encalada with a torpedo on abril 23rd, and on August 28th the Congressionalist troops, marching through Valparaíso, saw the Almirante Lynch moored toi a buoy, and at once opened a rifle fire which killed almost every man (about 30) on board.

The Captain and officers had previously escapedon board the U.S.S San Francisco. Five men endeavoured to escape in a boat, but of them four werw killed and one wounded. Two men also jumped overboard, and swam to the buoy, but wereimmediately picked off the shore.
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