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 4Harding, Lepard, and Company, 1826 |
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... shot off close to the yard - arm , and every sail , especially on the fore- mast , was like a riddle : her almost new foresail , indeed , had from 80 to 100 yards of it stripped from the yard . This clearly shows what an advantage the ...
... shot off close to the yard - arm , and every sail , especially on the fore- mast , was like a riddle : her almost new foresail , indeed , had from 80 to 100 yards of it stripped from the yard . This clearly shows what an advantage the ...
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... shot through . " The wound was by a musket - ball , which had entered the left shoulder through the fore part of the epaulet , and , descending , had lodged in the spine . That the wound had been given by some one stationed in the ...
... shot through . " The wound was by a musket - ball , which had entered the left shoulder through the fore part of the epaulet , and , descending , had lodged in the spine . That the wound had been given by some one stationed in the ...
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... shot through in several places , and stripped of nearly the whole of its rigging , was left in a tottering state . Hence the english three- decker was reduced to almost , if not quite , as un- manageable a state as the spanish three ...
... shot through in several places , and stripped of nearly the whole of its rigging , was left in a tottering state . Hence the english three- decker was reduced to almost , if not quite , as un- manageable a state as the spanish three ...
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... shot . Among the Santa - Ana's dangerously , if not mortally wounded , was vice - admiral Alava ; and it was un- derstood that her killed and wounded comprised great proportion of officers . After having , for the space of 20 minutes ...
... shot . Among the Santa - Ana's dangerously , if not mortally wounded , was vice - admiral Alava ; and it was un- derstood that her killed and wounded comprised great proportion of officers . After having , for the space of 20 minutes ...
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... shot away her mizenmast about six feet above the Oct. deck , the wreck falling over the larboard quarter . In about 10 minutes more , on the Mars beginning to engage her , the Fougueux , who had received a smart fire from the ...
... shot away her mizenmast about six feet above the Oct. deck , the wreck falling over the larboard quarter . In about 10 minutes more , on the Mars beginning to engage her , the Fougueux , who had received a smart fire from the ...
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