TrafalgarP. Davies limited, 1933 - 167 էջ |
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Էջ 70
... expected to conform to the authority of the French Admiral , without being placed formally under his command . Both Gravina and his Chief of the Staff , Escaño , had taken an important part in the defence of Cadiz harbour in 1797 ...
... expected to conform to the authority of the French Admiral , without being placed formally under his command . Both Gravina and his Chief of the Staff , Escaño , had taken an important part in the defence of Cadiz harbour in 1797 ...
Էջ 79
... expected from Latouche - Tréville . The only officer on whom he could rely for the great adventure was Ganteaume , and he became an essential part of the scheme . - Napoleon has frequently been censured for expecting too much of his ...
... expected from Latouche - Tréville . The only officer on whom he could rely for the great adventure was Ganteaume , and he became an essential part of the scheme . - Napoleon has frequently been censured for expecting too much of his ...
Էջ 109
... expected him to tell them where the enemy's Fleet was . ' I am now set up for a con- juror , ' he wrote , ' and God knows they will very soon find I am far from being one . ' He obtained a popularity such as no Englishman has acquired ...
... expected him to tell them where the enemy's Fleet was . ' I am now set up for a con- juror , ' he wrote , ' and God knows they will very soon find I am far from being one . ' He obtained a popularity such as no Englishman has acquired ...
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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