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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... shore , lay moored off Annapolis dent in the Chesapeake ; when , at 3 P. M. , the commodore gets came unexpectedly on board , and immediately all ready hands went to work bending sails and getting the ship ready for sea , The surgeon ...
... shore , lay moored off Annapolis dent in the Chesapeake ; when , at 3 P. M. , the commodore gets came unexpectedly on board , and immediately all ready hands went to work bending sails and getting the ship ready for sea , The surgeon ...
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... shore , to gain intelligence . off Isle that the The night was calm , and yet not a musket could Disco- be heard . This encouraged the hope , that the island vers was still in french possession . Daylight on the 7th colony arrived , and ...
... shore , to gain intelligence . off Isle that the The night was calm , and yet not a musket could Disco- be heard . This encouraged the hope , that the island vers was still in french possession . Daylight on the 7th colony arrived , and ...
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... shore , a flotilla of dutch gun - vessels , consist- gune ing of 14 , nine of them felucca , and the remaining and four prow , rigged . On seeing the frigate , the gun- cares vessels weighed and stood for Rembang , but were so five ...
... shore , a flotilla of dutch gun - vessels , consist- gune ing of 14 , nine of them felucca , and the remaining and four prow , rigged . On seeing the frigate , the gun- cares vessels weighed and stood for Rembang , but were so five ...
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... shore . No time was occupied in arranging the order of the boats , they being ordered to shove off when manned and filled with troops . His example being followed by captains Elliot and Pelly , and the boats of the other men of war ...
... shore . No time was occupied in arranging the order of the boats , they being ordered to shove off when manned and filled with troops . His example being followed by captains Elliot and Pelly , and the boats of the other men of war ...
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... shore . The Nymphe now signalled the Méduse ; and shortly afterwards the two frigates wore , and made all sail in line abreast after the Bucephalus , then within four miles of them , The steering west by north , and soon under an equal ...
... shore . The Nymphe now signalled the Méduse ; and shortly afterwards the two frigates wore , and made all sail in line abreast after the Bucephalus , then within four miles of them , The steering west by north , and soon under an equal ...
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