Then both loosed their broadsides, while the sailors shouted bravely, and both captains fell, Blyth killed instantly and Burrows mortally hurt but crying out that the flag must never be struck.

There was no danger of this, for the _Enterprise_ raked the British brig through and through until resistance was hopeless.

Captain Blyth was as good as his word.

He did not live to see his ensign torn down.

Great hearts in little ships, these two captains were buried side by side in a churchyard which overlooks Casco Bay, and there you may read their epitaphs today.
The grim force of circumstances was beginning to alter the naval policy of the United States.