The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Declaration of War by France, in February 1793, to the Accession of George IV. in January 1820 : in Six Volumes, Հատոր 4Harding, Lepard, and Company, 1826 |
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Արդյունքներ 74–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... effect his object , captain Prowse discovered , through the haze on his lee bow , the enemy's van- ship , the Argonauta , approaching with the wind nearly abeam . The Sirius herself being now in jeopardy , captain Prowse abandoned his ...
... effect his object , captain Prowse discovered , through the haze on his lee bow , the enemy's van- ship , the Argonauta , approaching with the wind nearly abeam . The Sirius herself being now in jeopardy , captain Prowse abandoned his ...
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... effects of the enemy's fire ; but the Firme was too powerfully opposed to profit by the aid afforded her , and the Pluton herself with diffi- culty regained her station . The critical situation of the Espana induced cap- tain Cosmao ...
... effects of the enemy's fire ; but the Firme was too powerfully opposed to profit by the aid afforded her , and the Pluton herself with diffi- culty regained her station . The critical situation of the Espana induced cap- tain Cosmao ...
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... effect must it have had upon the British , to whom , in spite of all that has been urged to the contrary , so many signals were * See vol , ii , p . 269 . 1805. made and so few seen or understood ; and SIR ROBERT CALDER'S ACTION . 13.
... effect must it have had upon the British , to whom , in spite of all that has been urged to the contrary , so many signals were * See vol , ii , p . 269 . 1805. made and so few seen or understood ; and SIR ROBERT CALDER'S ACTION . 13.
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... effect will be necessary ; they must proceed to the point where their cooperation may be most advantageous , whether to hasten the surrender of an enemy's ship , or to cover a french ship too * See p . 13 . closely pressed , and to take ...
... effect will be necessary ; they must proceed to the point where their cooperation may be most advantageous , whether to hasten the surrender of an enemy's ship , or to cover a french ship too * See p . 13 . closely pressed , and to take ...
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... effect their junc- tion , either with M. Villeneuve at sea , or with rear- admiral Gourdon at Ferrol . So well grounded were sir Robert Calder's apprehensions on this head , that , on the 23d of July , rear - admiral Allemand , with his ...
... effect their junc- tion , either with M. Villeneuve at sea , or with rear- admiral Gourdon at Ferrol . So well grounded were sir Robert Calder's apprehensions on this head , that , on the 23d of July , rear - admiral Allemand , with his ...
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