Chapter 18
Captain Smollett raises the Union Jack over the blockhouse despite being shot at, declaring British colors must fly. The siege defines the central conflict.
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The defense of the stockade is the novel's central military set-piece, where the loyal party holds off the pirate assault.
Chapter 21
The full pirate assault — hand-to-hand fighting, Smollett wounded, the mutineers driven off with heavy losses.
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