TrafalgarP. Davies limited, 1933 - 167 էջ |
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Էջ 125
... Aigle did not escape . She found fresh enemies . One was the Defiance , one of whose master's mates , Spratt , performed perhaps the most remarkable exploit of that day . Cutlass in mouth , he swam to the Aigle , boarded her through one ...
... Aigle did not escape . She found fresh enemies . One was the Defiance , one of whose master's mates , Spratt , performed perhaps the most remarkable exploit of that day . Cutlass in mouth , he swam to the Aigle , boarded her through one ...
Էջ 127
... Aigle , her fore - yard locking with the French ship's main - yard . She was believed to be the best manned ship in the Combined Fleet , full of picked grenadiers , who devastated the British decks with musketry and hand - grenades ...
... Aigle , her fore - yard locking with the French ship's main - yard . She was believed to be the best manned ship in the Combined Fleet , full of picked grenadiers , who devastated the British decks with musketry and hand - grenades ...
Էջ 128
... Aigle did not escape . She found fresh enemies . One was the Defiance , one of whose master's mates , Spratt , performed perhaps the most remarkable exploit of that day . Cutlass in mouth , he swam to the Aigle , boarded her through one ...
... Aigle did not escape . She found fresh enemies . One was the Defiance , one of whose master's mates , Spratt , performed perhaps the most remarkable exploit of that day . Cutlass in mouth , he swam to the Aigle , boarded her through one ...
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able action Admiral Admiralty Aigle Algésiras anchor band of brothers Barham battle blockade Boulogne Brest British Fleet British ships Bucentaure Cadiz Calder Captain captured carried Channel coast Codrington Collingwood Colonel Desbrière Combined Fleet command Cornwallis Cosmao crews deck Decrès enemy's engaged England fell Ferrol fight fire five ships flag flagship flotilla force fought Fougueux France French and Spanish French fleet French ships fresh Breezes frigates Ganteaume Gibraltar Gravina guns Hardy invasion June leeward lieutenant Lord Marine midshipman Modte Breezes Napoleon naval Navy Nelson Nelson's division never night Nile northward officers once port Private Diary prizes reached Rear-Admiral Redoutable Rochefort Royal Sovereign sail sailors San Juan Nepomuceno Santa Ana Sardinia seamen sent signal Spaniards Spanish ships squadron Straits Straits of Dover success three-deckers tion took Toulon towed Trafalgar troops vessels Victory Villeneuve Villeneuve's West Indies wind wounded Wrote Ly Hn