The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Declaration of War by France, in February 1793, to the Accession of George IV. in January 1820 : in Six Volumes, Հատոր 5Harding, Lepard, and Company, 1826 |
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... course of the summer , got ready for sea , and only remained in port because unable to elude the vigilance of the Channel fleet under admiral lord Gambier , who , since March , had suc- ceeded to the command of it . Early in the year ...
... course of the summer , got ready for sea , and only remained in port because unable to elude the vigilance of the Channel fleet under admiral lord Gambier , who , since March , had suc- ceeded to the command of it . Early in the year ...
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... course of the spring . Whence these came we will proceed to relate ; but how it happened that they escaped the numerous british cruisers scattered over the ocean is not so easily to be explained . Rich . Stra- obliged tion off fort ...
... course of the spring . Whence these came we will proceed to relate ; but how it happened that they escaped the numerous british cruisers scattered over the ocean is not so easily to be explained . Rich . Stra- obliged tion off fort ...
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... course steered by the french admiral . On the 4th the rear - admiral spoke sir Richard King's squadron off Ferrol , consisting , along with the Achille , of the 74s Audacious , cap- tain Thomas Le Marchant Gosselyn , and Theseus ...
... course steered by the french admiral . On the 4th the rear - admiral spoke sir Richard King's squadron off Ferrol , consisting , along with the Achille , of the 74s Audacious , cap- tain Thomas Le Marchant Gosselyn , and Theseus ...
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... french admiral had shaped his course for the gut of Gibraltar , and had given up the chase , steered the same way with a strong breeze at N. N. W. The night was 1808 . Is excessively dark , and a most anxious 8 BRITISH AND FRENCH FLEETS .
... french admiral had shaped his course for the gut of Gibraltar , and had given up the chase , steered the same way with a strong breeze at N. N. W. The night was 1808 . Is excessively dark , and a most anxious 8 BRITISH AND FRENCH FLEETS .
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... course for Syracuse , entered the bight formed by the capes Passaro and Spartivento , while the french As appears by a general order respecting the mode of attack to be adopted , which lord Collingwood issued on that day ; and for a ...
... course for Syracuse , entered the bight formed by the capes Passaro and Spartivento , while the french As appears by a general order respecting the mode of attack to be adopted , which lord Collingwood issued on that day ; and for a ...
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