1 Sentences With "showing the white flag"

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The Southern gunners held their fire until the gunboats were within close range before countering with a devastating cannonade. A shot through her boiler totally disabled Sachem, another carried away 's wheel rope, causing her to run aground under the Confederate guns. Crocker — who commanded Clifton as well as the whole naval force — fought his ship until, with ten men killed and nine others wounded, he ordered the magazine flooded to prevent its exploding, deeming it his duty "to stop the slaughter by showing the white flag...." Sachem also surrendered. Clifton was taken under tow by .