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, Volumen4Harding, Lepard, and Company, 1826 |
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... hour or 20 minutes , joined in the cannonade , now becoming general and furious . By 6 P. M. all the ships in the british line , except the Dragon , who was still to - leeward working up , had got round on the starboard tack , and the ...
... hour or 20 minutes , joined in the cannonade , now becoming general and furious . By 6 P. M. all the ships in the british line , except the Dragon , who was still to - leeward working up , had got round on the starboard tack , and the ...
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... hour's demonstration , or show - off , as it may be termed , the party possessing that power declined to use it . On the 24th a change of wind , to nearly an on opposite point of the compass , produced a corre- third . sponding change ...
... hour's demonstration , or show - off , as it may be termed , the party possessing that power declined to use it . On the 24th a change of wind , to nearly an on opposite point of the compass , produced a corre- third . sponding change ...
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... . Villeneuve for his future guidance . About half an hour before the combined fleet lost sight of the british frigates Naïad and Iris to - wind- Dra- nix , and ruse Dragon ward , the british 24 BRITISH AND FRANCO - SPANISH FLEETS .
... . Villeneuve for his future guidance . About half an hour before the combined fleet lost sight of the british frigates Naïad and Iris to - wind- Dra- nix , and ruse Dragon ward , the british 24 BRITISH AND FRANCO - SPANISH FLEETS .
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... , gress scarcely going , with studding - sails set , three knots of an hour . While thus gradually nearing the enemy's fleet . * See p . 33 . british Oct. 1805. line , lord Nelson , dressed in the BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR . 45.
... , gress scarcely going , with studding - sails set , three knots of an hour . While thus gradually nearing the enemy's fleet . * See p . 33 . british Oct. 1805. line , lord Nelson , dressed in the BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR . 45.
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... hour and a quarter from the commencement of the combat , her three masts fell over the side . At about 2 h . 15 m . P. M. , after a hot , and , with the exception of the Belleisle's broadside , Sur- an uninterrupted , engagement between ...
... hour and a quarter from the commencement of the combat , her three masts fell over the side . At about 2 h . 15 m . P. M. , after a hot , and , with the exception of the Belleisle's broadside , Sur- an uninterrupted , engagement between ...
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