TrafalgarP. Davies limited, 1933 - 167 էջ |
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... command of the Straits of Dover for three days . The plan was , in the opinion of Ganteaume , one of his best admirals , ' extremely perilous , but not impracticable . ' After all the prize was great and the stake was small . France had ...
... command of the Straits of Dover for three days . The plan was , in the opinion of Ganteaume , one of his best admirals , ' extremely perilous , but not impracticable . ' After all the prize was great and the stake was small . France had ...
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... command men with that lofty devo- tion to the point of honour - pundonor — which was to be expected of the countrymen of Don Quichote . There was an example in Vice- Admiral Alava , whose surname became better known to Englishmen ...
... command men with that lofty devo- tion to the point of honour - pundonor — which was to be expected of the countrymen of Don Quichote . There was an example in Vice- Admiral Alava , whose surname became better known to Englishmen ...
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... command of the whole , though he commanded his own battery . In 1797 he again refused a command that of the Squadron of the Ocean . Such a man was well fitted to occupy the diffi- cult position of a Spanish Admiral in 1805 , expected to ...
... command of the whole , though he commanded his own battery . In 1797 he again refused a command that of the Squadron of the Ocean . Such a man was well fitted to occupy the diffi- cult position of a Spanish Admiral in 1805 , expected to ...
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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