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A first class historical drama of the Revolution. The British authorities held American prisoners of war in an old hulk anchored in New York harbor. It was a most deplorable fever hole and many a patriot died in it. This picture uses an effective melodramatic formula and works Up to a thrilling escape from this ship. The heroine gets word to her lover in the ship and brings a boat under his windows into which he lowers himself on knotted bedding. They are pursued by British soldiers almost to the American camp where the red coats fall into an ambuscade and are cut to pieces by a well-aimed volley. It is as good as the best of this kind that we have had; far better than the average. The first scene opens in a colonial manor house, the home of the heroine. This set is very well made and the acting is fine except that this servant should not have had his hat on in the presence of his mistress in the house. That didn't belong to colonial times; but to the present. The old ship that was used in the following scenes served very well to suggest the prison. The escape is perfectly conducted. The pursuit, which is conventional, falls down a little now and then; but the climax, where the blue coats volley into the pursuers, is a fine thrill. The photography is excellent. - The Moving Picture World, August 31, 1912