TrafalgarP. Davies limited, 1933 - 167 էջ |
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Էջ 73
... better chance of success than that of 1805. It was Latouche- Tréville who then commanded in Toulon . But on the 18th August he died , and , before the plan could be taken up with his successor , Vil- leneuve , relations became strained ...
... better chance of success than that of 1805. It was Latouche- Tréville who then commanded in Toulon . But on the 18th August he died , and , before the plan could be taken up with his successor , Vil- leneuve , relations became strained ...
Էջ 121
... better defensive resource than to await the onset in a line well closed up . No one knew better than he did the unseaworthy qualities of his fleet , and the impossibility of maintaining a line that could not be broken , and , once it ...
... better defensive resource than to await the onset in a line well closed up . No one knew better than he did the unseaworthy qualities of his fleet , and the impossibility of maintaining a line that could not be broken , and , once it ...
Էջ 127
... better than a hulk , the losses in men fell most heavily on the two which followed them , that famous fighter the Bellero- phon , and the Colossus . The former of these , after cutting through the line behind the Monarca , became ...
... better than a hulk , the losses in men fell most heavily on the two which followed them , that famous fighter the Bellero- phon , and the Colossus . The former of these , after cutting through the line behind the Monarca , became ...
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