The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson: With Notes, Volumen6H. Colburn, 1846 |
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... opinion that the Enemy intended to attack Tobago and Trinidad , and being informed by General Brereton that they had passed St. Lucia in the night of the 28th of May , he accepted Lieutenant - General Sir William Myers's offer to embark ...
... opinion that the Enemy intended to attack Tobago and Trinidad , and being informed by General Brereton that they had passed St. Lucia in the night of the 28th of May , he accepted Lieutenant - General Sir William Myers's offer to embark ...
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... them on the 6th of June . " - " There would have been no occasion for opinions , had not General Brereton sent his d - d intelligence St. Lucia ; nor would I have received " it , to have acted by it , but I. xii PREFACE .
... them on the 6th of June . " - " There would have been no occasion for opinions , had not General Brereton sent his d - d intelligence St. Lucia ; nor would I have received " it , to have acted by it , but I. xii PREFACE .
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... opinion of others . I resisted the opinion of General Brereton's information till it would have been the height of presumption to have carried my disbelief further . I could not , in the face of Generals and Admirals , go N.W. , when it ...
... opinion of others . I resisted the opinion of General Brereton's information till it would have been the height of presumption to have carried my disbelief further . I could not , in the face of Generals and Admirals , go N.W. , when it ...
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... opinion that nothing short of an Act of the Legislature can lay aside the Acts of Parliament by which our Naval Service is directed to • Vide pp . 22 , 23 , ante . 3 Thunder , Ætna , Acheron . be governed ; and as these Acts clearly ...
... opinion that nothing short of an Act of the Legislature can lay aside the Acts of Parliament by which our Naval Service is directed to • Vide pp . 22 , 23 , ante . 3 Thunder , Ætna , Acheron . be governed ; and as these Acts clearly ...
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... opinion of ignorant people . There is scarcely a thing he has done since he has been at the Admiralty that I have not heard him reprobate before he came to the Board . I do not mean but that the attempt to prevent the gross abuses in ...
... opinion of ignorant people . There is scarcely a thing he has done since he has been at the Admiralty that I have not heard him reprobate before he came to the Board . I do not mean but that the attempt to prevent the gross abuses in ...
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acquaint Acton Admiral Admiralty Adriatic Algiers answer thereto arrival August Autograph BART Bittern Bomb-Vessel Captain Keats Captain Schomberg capture Clarke and M'Arthur command Commissioner Otway conduct Consul Convoy copy dear Ball dear Sir desire dispatches Elliot Papers Enemy Enemy's Privateers England French Fleet Frigates Gibraltar give H. M. SHIP hereby required herewith transmit hope HUGH ELLIOT John join July June Kent Lady Hamilton Letter-Book Lieutenant Lord Nelson Lords Commissioners Lordships Madalena Islands Maidstone Majesty Majesty's Ship Majesty's Sloop Malta Mediterranean Medusa mentioned Minister Naples Narcissus Naval Navy necessary NELSON AND BRONTE obliged October Officer Order-Book Port possession proceed proceedings Rear-Admiral received your letter Rendezvous required and directed respect RIGHT HONOURABLE sail Sardinia sent Sepet September Sir Alexander Ball Sir John Acton Sloop Squadron Termagant Thunder tion Toulon Transports ultimo Victory Victuallers Vide vol WILLIAM MARSDEN wish
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Página 282 - TO WILLIAM MARSDEN, ESQ., ADMIRALTY. [Original, in the Admiralty.] Sir, Victory, at Sea, 26th November, 1804. Having, in my letter of the 20th instant, acquainted you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that the Squadron under my command had
Página 26 - I herewith transmit you for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty a copy of a letter* from Captain Pettet, commander of his Majesty's Sloop Termagant, giving an account of the Boats of that Sloop having, on the 15th instant, taken possession of the French Xebeck Privateer,
Página 127 - Lordship that the Port of Toulon has never been blockaded by me: quite the reverse—every opportunity has been offered the Enemy to put to sea, for it is there that we hope to realize the hopes and expectations of our Country, and I trust that they will not be disappointed. Your Lordship will judge of my feelings upon seeing that
Página 127 - Fellow-Citizens of London than myself; but I should feel as much ashamed to receive them for a particular service marked in the Resolution, if I felt that I did not come within that line of service, as I should feel hurt at having a great Victory passed over without notice. I beg to inform your
Página 448 - of the terms of Capitulation that accompanied his said letter, which I request you will be pleased to lay before the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, for their information. I also transmit you, for their Lordships'information, a copy of a letter from Captain Maurice, of the above date, informing me of his arrival at
Página 33 - There is no real happiness, my dear Lord, in this world : with all content and smiles around me, up start these Artillery boys ;" I understand they are not beyond that age, and set us all at defiance—speaking in the most disrespectful manner of the Navy and its Commanders, &c. I know you, my
Página 344 - I herewith transmit you for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a letter from Captain Schomberg, dated the 13th February, giving an account of the capture of his Majesty's late Sloop Arrow, and Acheron, Bomb-Vessel, on the 4th