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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... shot , but by an accidental explosion . No ship had a mast shot away , but the Windsor - Castle and Agamemnon , nor a yard except the Ajax . * The loss on board the two prizes was stated to consist of about 600 in killed and wounded ...
... shot , but by an accidental explosion . No ship had a mast shot away , but the Windsor - Castle and Agamemnon , nor a yard except the Ajax . * The loss on board the two prizes was stated to consist of about 600 in killed and wounded ...
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... shot - holes were visible . 66 neuve's ture at Co- On the 29th or 30th the courier returned , if not м . with any additional instructions , with the important Ville- intelligence , that on the 28th , the day of his de- depar- parture ...
... shot - holes were visible . 66 neuve's ture at Co- On the 29th or 30th the courier returned , if not м . with any additional instructions , with the important Ville- intelligence , that on the 28th , the day of his de- depar- parture ...
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... shot of the enemy's centre . The signal will most probably then be made , for the lee line ( three lines ? ) to bear up together ; to set all their sails , even their steering - sails , in order to get as quickly as possible to the ...
... shot of the enemy's centre . The signal will most probably then be made , for the lee line ( three lines ? ) to bear up together ; to set all their sails , even their steering - sails , in order to get as quickly as possible to the ...
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... shot at the Victory , then , with studding - sails set on both sides , steering about Vic- east , and going scarcely a knot and a half through tory the water . The shot fell short . Two or three mi- at . nutes elapsed , and a second shot ...
... shot at the Victory , then , with studding - sails set on both sides , steering about Vic- east , and going scarcely a knot and a half through tory the water . The shot fell short . Two or three mi- at . nutes elapsed , and a second shot ...
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... shot away about two thirds up . A Oct. shot also struck and knocked to pieces the wheel ; Vic- and the ship was obliged to be steered in the gun- tory room , the first lieutenant ( John Quilliam ) and mas- her ter ( Thomas Atkinson ) ...
... shot away about two thirds up . A Oct. shot also struck and knocked to pieces the wheel ; Vic- and the ship was obliged to be steered in the gun- tory room , the first lieutenant ( John Quilliam ) and mas- her ter ( Thomas Atkinson ) ...
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