TrafalgarP. Davies limited, 1933 - 167 էջ |
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Էջ 106
... Brest Fleet , and sailed up - Channel . He would have been too late , though he would not have been to blame . Yet the Emperor knew that the battle , with all its chances of defeat , would have been useless . On that very 13th of August ...
... Brest Fleet , and sailed up - Channel . He would have been too late , though he would not have been to blame . Yet the Emperor knew that the battle , with all its chances of defeat , would have been useless . On that very 13th of August ...
Էջ 107
... Brest , on the 21st of August , to be prepared to assist Villeneuve . Early next day he was attacked by Cornwallis , who led in his flag- ship with his usual intrepidity ; and the old Admiral was himself one of the very few to be ...
... Brest , on the 21st of August , to be prepared to assist Villeneuve . Early next day he was attacked by Cornwallis , who led in his flag- ship with his usual intrepidity ; and the old Admiral was himself one of the very few to be ...
Էջ 108
... Brest à Bertheaume , Et profitant d'un bon vent d'ouest , S'en revint de Bertheaume à Brest . Villeneuve , whose grand refusal of the 15th had co - operated to avert certain disaster , was re- served for a yet harsher destiny . When ...
... Brest à Bertheaume , Et profitant d'un bon vent d'ouest , S'en revint de Bertheaume à Brest . Villeneuve , whose grand refusal of the 15th had co - operated to avert certain disaster , was re- served for a yet harsher destiny . When ...
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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