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 |
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Արդյունքներ 98–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... troops , 400 in number , as afterwards ascer- tained , fled in all directions , leaving the two vessels to their fate . The boats of the Amphion and Redwing , under the orders of Lieutenant Charles George Rodney Phillott , now landed ...
... troops , 400 in number , as afterwards ascer- tained , fled in all directions , leaving the two vessels to their fate . The boats of the Amphion and Redwing , under the orders of Lieutenant Charles George Rodney Phillott , now landed ...
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... armed en flûte frigates , Furieuse and Félicité , laden with troops , flour , and military stores , for the island of Martinique , escaped from Lorient , unseen , or at all events unmolested , by any of the British ships cruising off ...
... armed en flûte frigates , Furieuse and Félicité , laden with troops , flour , and military stores , for the island of Martinique , escaped from Lorient , unseen , or at all events unmolested , by any of the British ships cruising off ...
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... troops , for the double purpose of driving the French ships to sea , and of reducing the Saintes islands , which had at all times afforded to the enemy's ships a capital shelter . Accordingly , on the 12th of April , a small British ...
... troops , for the double purpose of driving the French ships to sea , and of reducing the Saintes islands , which had at all times afforded to the enemy's ships a capital shelter . Accordingly , on the 12th of April , a small British ...
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... combat , and his ship battered until she was totally unmanage- able and scarcely seaworthy ; that , when thus reduced , a body of British seamen , numerically equal , and , in the sickly state of a portion of the French troops ...
... combat , and his ship battered until she was totally unmanage- able and scarcely seaworthy ; that , when thus reduced , a body of British seamen , numerically equal , and , in the sickly state of a portion of the French troops ...
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... troops were assembling in the streets and on the quays , and the inhabitants employed in dismantling the vessels , Captain Brenton hauled down the flag of truce , and fired one shot over the town to give warning to the women and ...
... troops were assembling in the streets and on the quays , and the inhabitants employed in dismantling the vessels , Captain Brenton hauled down the flag of truce , and fired one shot over the town to give warning to the women and ...
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The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Declaration of War by ..., Հատոր 5 William James Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1886 |
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