TrafalgarP. Davies limited, 1933 - 167 էջ |
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Էջ 124
... Collingwood made a signal which should have had the effect of bringing his own ships into a line , nearly parallel to the pro- truding southern horn of the enemy's crescent . But this could only be done effectively if the leader ...
... Collingwood made a signal which should have had the effect of bringing his own ships into a line , nearly parallel to the pro- truding southern horn of the enemy's crescent . But this could only be done effectively if the leader ...
Էջ 129
... Collingwood's . Three struck , the Achille was reserved for the dramatic catastrophe which closed the day , and the fifth , the Principe , which carried Gravina's flag , was towed out of action , not before she had suffered heavy losses ...
... Collingwood's . Three struck , the Achille was reserved for the dramatic catastrophe which closed the day , and the fifth , the Principe , which carried Gravina's flag , was towed out of action , not before she had suffered heavy losses ...
Էջ 143
... Collingwood's delay in giving the order . Some ships sailed or were towed to Gibraltar . But the majority , captors and captured , still stood off Cadiz in the tempest which finished the work cannon shot had spared . Collingwood took ...
... Collingwood's delay in giving the order . Some ships sailed or were towed to Gibraltar . But the majority , captors and captured , still stood off Cadiz in the tempest which finished the work cannon shot had spared . Collingwood took ...
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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