TrafalgarP. Davies limited, 1933 - 167 էջ |
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Էջ 32
... knew the game , and swore to share the sport , For he never yet came in too late to fight . Some admirals would have dropped petulant complaints at being hampered with such a com- panion in a chase in which every moment was of value ...
... knew the game , and swore to share the sport , For he never yet came in too late to fight . Some admirals would have dropped petulant complaints at being hampered with such a com- panion in a chase in which every moment was of value ...
Էջ 71
... knew nothing of going aloft in a ship . The number was made up by attracting a few volunteers , and pressing the sweepings of the ports at the last moment , as ' waisters ' . The pay of the men was so much in arrears that it might ...
... knew nothing of going aloft in a ship . The number was made up by attracting a few volunteers , and pressing the sweepings of the ports at the last moment , as ' waisters ' . The pay of the men was so much in arrears that it might ...
Էջ 106
... knew nothing of the state of the negotiations with Austria when he left Ferrol on the 13th of August . He might have sailed on northward , fought a battle with Cornwallis , liberated the Brest Fleet , and sailed up - Channel . He would ...
... knew nothing of the state of the negotiations with Austria when he left Ferrol on the 13th of August . He might have sailed on northward , fought a battle with Cornwallis , liberated the Brest Fleet , and sailed up - Channel . He would ...
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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