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, Volumen6Harding, Lepard, and Company, 1826 |
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... commodore Barney's flotilla , ibid . - Rear - admiral Cochrane at Leonard's town , At Nominy ferry , & c . , 441 - Defensive preparations at Wash- ington , 444 - Destruction of commodore Barney's flotilla , 447- Battle of Bladensburg ...
... commodore Barney's flotilla , ibid . - Rear - admiral Cochrane at Leonard's town , At Nominy ferry , & c . , 441 - Defensive preparations at Wash- ington , 444 - Destruction of commodore Barney's flotilla , 447- Battle of Bladensburg ...
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... commodore John Rodgers , with sails unbent , and the principal part Prési → of her officers on shore , lay moored off Annapolis dent in the Chesapeake ; when , at 3 P. M. , the commodore gets came unexpectedly on board , and ...
... commodore John Rodgers , with sails unbent , and the principal part Prési → of her officers on shore , lay moored off Annapolis dent in the Chesapeake ; when , at 3 P. M. , the commodore gets came unexpectedly on board , and ...
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... commodore spoke a brig , who had , the pre- ceding day seen a ship , supposed to be the Guerrière , off Cape Henry . But , if the date and place are correct , it could not have been the Guerrière ; as , at noon on the 12th , she was ...
... commodore spoke a brig , who had , the pre- ceding day seen a ship , supposed to be the Guerrière , off Cape Henry . But , if the date and place are correct , it could not have been the Guerrière ; as , at noon on the 12th , she was ...
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... commodore's pendant , and edged away , as if to meet the Little - Belt . The latter , about the same time , made her number , along with the customary signal , ( No. 275 , ) calling upon the stranger , if a british ship of war , to show ...
... commodore's pendant , and edged away , as if to meet the Little - Belt . The latter , about the same time , made her number , along with the customary signal , ( No. 275 , ) calling upon the stranger , if a british ship of war , to show ...
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... commodore a clear view of what his prowess had effected . The Little - Belt brought to on the larboard tack , and commenced her more serious occupation of repairing damages and stopping leaks . During the night the sloop's ...
... commodore a clear view of what his prowess had effected . The Little - Belt brought to on the larboard tack , and commenced her more serious occupation of repairing damages and stopping leaks . During the night the sloop's ...
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