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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... received renewed assurances of the most prompt succour in men , arms , and munitions of war . The republican government offered to send 25,000 men ; but the Irish directory expressed themselves satisfied with 15,000 . As soon as matters ...
... received renewed assurances of the most prompt succour in men , arms , and munitions of war . The republican government offered to send 25,000 men ; but the Irish directory expressed themselves satisfied with 15,000 . As soon as matters ...
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... received no instruction on that head , to guide him in case of separation , the rear - admiral immediately de- spatched a corvette to reconnoitre the coast ; and , on learning that there was a creek near at hand , where several boats ...
... received no instruction on that head , to guide him in case of separation , the rear - admiral immediately de- spatched a corvette to reconnoitre the coast ; and , on learning that there was a creek near at hand , where several boats ...
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... received an occasional raking fire , not much more effectual , however , than that first received by the Indefatigable . At 10 h . 30 m . P.M. , the mizenmast of the Droits - de - l'Homme , being in a tottering state from the wounds it ...
... received an occasional raking fire , not much more effectual , however , than that first received by the Indefatigable . At 10 h . 30 m . P.M. , the mizenmast of the Droits - de - l'Homme , being in a tottering state from the wounds it ...
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... received sundry petitions , as from the seamen at Portsmouth , all praying for an advance of wages ; but that , none of the petitions being signed , and all dated , and , with the exception of four or five , written by one hand , no ...
... received sundry petitions , as from the seamen at Portsmouth , all praying for an advance of wages ; but that , none of the petitions being signed , and all dated , and , with the exception of four or five , written by one hand , no ...
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... received into Greenwich hospital . To this , on the following day , the seamen , through their dele- gates , transmitted a reply , urging , that there never existed more than two orders of men in the navy , able and ordinary , and that ...
... received into Greenwich hospital . To this , on the following day , the seamen , through their dele- gates , transmitted a reply , urging , that there never existed more than two orders of men in the navy , able and ordinary , and that ...
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