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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... tack , with their heads about south - west by west , and lay by for the night , repairing their damages , in order to be ready to renew the contest on the morrow . Loss of The loss , in gross , sustained by the british fleet British ...
... tack , with their heads about south - west by west , and lay by for the night , repairing their damages , in order to be ready to renew the contest on the morrow . Loss of The loss , in gross , sustained by the british fleet British ...
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... tack , but the combined fleet still remained tion of on the starboard . The british advanced squadron , feet consisting of the Barfleur , Hero , Triumph , and Aga- memnon , lay about five miles to - windward of the main body ; and , at ...
... tack , but the combined fleet still remained tion of on the starboard . The british advanced squadron , feet consisting of the Barfleur , Hero , Triumph , and Aga- memnon , lay about five miles to - windward of the main body ; and , at ...
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... tack , and steered about north- east ; keeping between the franco - spanish fleet and his three disabled ships . Of these the Windsor- Castle was in tow by the Dragon , the Firme , by the Sirius , and the San - Rafaël , at present by ...
... tack , and steered about north- east ; keeping between the franco - spanish fleet and his three disabled ships . Of these the Windsor- Castle was in tow by the Dragon , the Firme , by the Sirius , and the San - Rafaël , at present by ...
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... tack as the nish british ships ; thus evidently declining , for the pre- decline sent , a renewal of the engagement . For a fact so im- the of- portant , and so utterly at variance with the statement fer to at first given out by the ...
... tack as the nish british ships ; thus evidently declining , for the pre- decline sent , a renewal of the engagement . For a fact so im- the of- portant , and so utterly at variance with the statement fer to at first given out by the ...
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... tacking of the Hero , for instance . Certainly , too , the fog , combined with the smoke , incommoded the British , who were to - leeward , more than the French and Spaniards , who were to - windward . A victory , there- fore , it was ...
... tacking of the Hero , for instance . Certainly , too , the fog , combined with the smoke , incommoded the British , who were to - leeward , more than the French and Spaniards , who were to - windward . A victory , there- fore , it was ...
Common terms and phrases
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