The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Declaration of War by France in February 1793, to the Accession of George IV, a New Edition, with Additins and Notes Bringing the Work Down to 1827, Հատոր 5Macmillan, 1902 |
From inside the book
Արդյունքներ 100–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ vii
... Attack and a French privateer , 329 - Same and Danish gun - boats , 330 - Boats of Medusa at Arcasson , 331 - Narrow escape of the Magnificent , 333 - Sir Home Popham on north coast of Spain , 335 - Captain Ussher on south coast of ...
... Attack and a French privateer , 329 - Same and Danish gun - boats , 330 - Boats of Medusa at Arcasson , 331 - Narrow escape of the Magnificent , 333 - Sir Home Popham on north coast of Spain , 335 - Captain Ussher on south coast of ...
Էջ 32
... attack upon them . In the course of the evening , the rear - admiral detached the Cyane and Espoir , with 12 gun - boats , to take a station to the southward of those islands , for the purpose of pre- venting any reinforcements or ...
... attack upon them . In the course of the evening , the rear - admiral detached the Cyane and Espoir , with 12 gun - boats , to take a station to the southward of those islands , for the purpose of pre- venting any reinforcements or ...
Էջ 33
... attack upon the gun - boats and batteries , Captain Staines checked the progress of the flotilla , and enabled the British and Sicilian gun - boats to bring their opponents to close action ; whereby , before 10 A.M. , 18 French gun ...
... attack upon the gun - boats and batteries , Captain Staines checked the progress of the flotilla , and enabled the British and Sicilian gun - boats to bring their opponents to close action ; whereby , before 10 A.M. , 18 French gun ...
Էջ 34
... attack , soon silenced the battery . He then landed with a party of men , spiked four 36 - pounders , destroyed the carriages , hove a 10 - inch mortar into the sea , and returned to his ship without a casualty . At 5 P.M. , finding ...
... attack , soon silenced the battery . He then landed with a party of men , spiked four 36 - pounders , destroyed the carriages , hove a 10 - inch mortar into the sea , and returned to his ship without a casualty . At 5 P.M. , finding ...
Էջ 38
... attack made by Lieutenant Pell , that not a man of his party was hurt . On the 11th of May the British 38 - gun frigate Melpomène , Captain Peter Parker , chased a Danish man - of - war cutter , of six guns , on shore at Huilbo , a ...
... attack made by Lieutenant Pell , that not a man of his party was hurt . On the 11th of May the British 38 - gun frigate Melpomène , Captain Peter Parker , chased a Danish man - of - war cutter , of six guns , on shore at Huilbo , a ...
Այլ խմբագրություններ - View all
The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Declaration of War by ..., Հատոր 5 William James Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1886 |
The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by ..., Հատոր 5 William James Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1886 |
Common terms and phrases
24-pounders 74-gun ship action Africaine afterwards Amphion anchor armed arrived astern attack battery Bellone Boadicea boats bore boys Brenton brig brig-sloop British 38-gun frigate British frigate British navy broadside Captain Captain Willoughby captured carronades Ceylon chase close coast colours command Commodore consorts convoy corvette crew cruising daylight despatched detached discovered distance enemy enemy's first-lieutenant force forecastle four French frigates French ships gallant George Guadaloupe Guerrière gun-boats gun-brig guns harbour hauled hoisted honour hull Iphigenia island Isle of France James Java John landed larboard larboard tack latter Lieutenant Lieutenant of marines Little Belt long 18-pounders loss lugger main deck marines killed marines wounded master's mate masts midshipman miles minutes mounted musketry Néréide officers party Port Louis prize quarter quarter-deck Renommée rigging sail schooner seamen and marines ship-sloop shore shot signal Sirius sloop soon squadron starboard stood tons Toulon troops Vénus vessels William wind windward xebec