Page:Robert William Cole - The Struggle for Empire; A Story of the Year 2236 (1900).djvu/210

198 The blood of the Anglo-Saxons was up, and they destroyed their enemies without remorse. Soon the earth was literally strewn with wrecks and many vessels that were unable to make any way against the terrible vessels that destroyed them. The few Sirians who survived the fall of their vessels and managed to escape from them were soon made prisoners. The victory of the Anglo-Saxons was complete. They had totally destroyed their enemy's enormous fleets, and at the cost of not more than fifteen torpedo-boats and a few battleships.