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No efforts on the part of the British being able to get the prize afloat , the Sewolod
, Her dein the course of the ensuing night , after the prisoners tion . and the
wounded had all been removed , was set fire to and destroyed . On the 30th ,
while ...
No efforts on the part of the British being able to get the prize afloat , the Sewolod
, Her dein the course of the ensuing night , after the prisoners tion . and the
wounded had all been removed , was set fire to and destroyed . On the 30th ,
while ...
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... instead of doing so , rehoisted her lug . A steady and well - directed fire was
then commenced by the Linnet , and continued for an hour and a half ; during
which the Courier's lugs were knocked down lo times , and as often rehoisted . At
8 h .
... instead of doing so , rehoisted her lug . A steady and well - directed fire was
then commenced by the Linnet , and continued for an hour and a half ; during
which the Courier's lugs were knocked down lo times , and as often rehoisted . At
8 h .
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Soon after the Childers had discharged her broadside , the dane was discovered
to be on fire forward ; and , had the Childers been near enough to profit by the
confusion evidently caused by the accident , the contest might have been brought
...
Soon after the Childers had discharged her broadside , the dane was discovered
to be on fire forward ; and , had the Childers been near enough to profit by the
confusion evidently caused by the accident , the contest might have been brought
...
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... immediately opened a fire from her starboard guns . ... the british brig got within
musket - shot of the dane and commenced the action , but soon had most of her
sweeps , and the greater part of her rigging , shot away by the Lougen's fire .
... immediately opened a fire from her starboard guns . ... the british brig got within
musket - shot of the dane and commenced the action , but soon had most of her
sweeps , and the greater part of her rigging , shot away by the Lougen's fire .
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the at En . the vessels , although repeatedly warned by lieu- 1808 , tenant Elliott ,
the latter was obliged with his people April . to fire in self - defence . The
consequence was , that Bravethree of the five Danes , whose determined
conduct in so ...
the at En . the vessels , although repeatedly warned by lieu- 1808 , tenant Elliott ,
the latter was obliged with his people April . to fire in self - defence . The
consequence was , that Bravethree of the five Danes , whose determined
conduct in so ...
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| Título | 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, Volumen5 |
| Autor | William James |
| Editor | Harding, Lepard, and Company, 1826 |
| Procedencia del original | Deutsches Museum |
| Digitalizado | 19 Abr. 2018 |
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