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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... wind shifted to a fair quarter , and pecta- the President ran before it . On the 14th the american meet- figate was off Cape Henry ; but no british frigate ing the was there . The commodore now stood slowly to the rière . north - east ...
... wind shifted to a fair quarter , and pecta- the President ran before it . On the 14th the american meet- figate was off Cape Henry ; but no british frigate ing the was there . The commodore now stood slowly to the rière . north - east ...
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... wind , since 1 P. M. , had been gradu- Belt ally falling , the superior sailing of the President brought her , by 6 h . 30 m . P. M. , so near to the Little - Belt , that captain Bingham , wishing before dark lies to . بہت to remove all ...
... wind , since 1 P. M. , had been gradu- Belt ally falling , the superior sailing of the President brought her , by 6 h . 30 m . P. M. , so near to the Little - Belt , that captain Bingham , wishing before dark lies to . بہت to remove all ...
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... wind , that had prevented the com-- modore from hearing the whole of the answer to his question , kept captain Bingham in ignorance of the name , though not of the nation , of the ship by which the Little - Belt had been so battered and ...
... wind , that had prevented the com-- modore from hearing the whole of the answer to his question , kept captain Bingham in ignorance of the name , though not of the nation , of the ship by which the Little - Belt had been so battered and ...
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... winds occasioned the squadron to be 18 days going the first 200 leagues of the voyage . On the 24th of February , by some ... wind was taken immediate advantage of , and all sail crowded upon the three ships . On the 13th of March the ...
... winds occasioned the squadron to be 18 days going the first 200 leagues of the voyage . On the 24th of February , by some ... wind was taken immediate advantage of , and all sail crowded upon the three ships . On the 13th of March the ...
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... wind in chase ; the Galatea's gig , with the intelligence , having previously been despatched to captain Charles Marsh Schomberg , of the 18 - pounder 36 - gun frigate Astrea , lying in Port - Louis . In the course of the forenoon the ...
... wind in chase ; the Galatea's gig , with the intelligence , having previously been despatched to captain Charles Marsh Schomberg , of the 18 - pounder 36 - gun frigate Astrea , lying in Port - Louis . In the course of the forenoon the ...
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