The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Declaration of War by France in February 1793, to the Accession of George IV, a New Edition, with Additins and Notes Bringing the Work Down to 1827, Հատոր 2Macmillan, 1902 |
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Արդյունքներ 75–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... opened his despatches , as directed in the case of separation , and by them learnt , that he was to make Mizen Head on the coast of Ireland , and cruise off there during five days , when a frigate would join him with fresh instructions ...
... opened his despatches , as directed in the case of separation , and by them learnt , that he was to make Mizen Head on the coast of Ireland , and cruise off there during five days , when a frigate would join him with fresh instructions ...
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... opened , to keep out the quantity of water that was rushing through them , and which actually poured down upon the prisoners in the cable - tier . It was not merely the roughness of the sea , but the heavy rolling of the ship for the ...
... opened , to keep out the quantity of water that was rushing through them , and which actually poured down upon the prisoners in the cable - tier . It was not merely the roughness of the sea , but the heavy rolling of the ship for the ...
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... opened between his lordship and M. de Lacroix ; but the parties split upon the first proposal , a reciprocal restoration of what had been lost and taken by the respective belligerents . Had each party been sincere in the wish for peace ...
... opened between his lordship and M. de Lacroix ; but the parties split upon the first proposal , a reciprocal restoration of what had been lost and taken by the respective belligerents . Had each party been sincere in the wish for peace ...
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... opened her fire in the manner above stated , two Spanish three - deckers and a two- decker , from the weather division , stood across the head of the British line , and joined the one three , and four two deckers on the starboard tack ...
... opened her fire in the manner above stated , two Spanish three - deckers and a two- decker , from the weather division , stood across the head of the British line , and joined the one three , and four two deckers on the starboard tack ...
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... opened her fire upon the Santisima - Trinidad and the ships near her ; with the rearmost of which the Culloden , about ten minutes before , had recom- menced firing . Frustrated thus by the spirited conduct of the Captain and Culloden ...
... opened her fire upon the Santisima - Trinidad and the ships near her ; with the rearmost of which the Culloden , about ten minutes before , had recom- menced firing . Frustrated thus by the spirited conduct of the Captain and Culloden ...
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