 | Barry Edward O'Meara - 1822 - 380 páginas
...lordship had made to capture or destroy the ships in the Charante. I said that it was the opinion of * very distinguished naval officer whom I named, and...could not only have destroyed them," replied Napoleon, 16* " but he might and would have taken them out, had your admiral supported him as he ought to have... | |
 | Barry Edward O'Meara, Emperor Napoléon I - 1822 - 560 páginas
...Cochrane, and the attempt which his lordship had made to capture or destroy the ships in the Charante. I said that it was the opinion of a very distinguished naval officer whom 1 named, and who was well known to him, that if Cochrane had been properly supported, be would have... | |
 | 1847 - 432 páginas
..." Napoleon in Exile"— "I told Napoleon it was the opinion of a very distinguished naval officer, that if Cochrane had been properly supported, he would...have destroyed the whole of the French ships. •He would not only have destroyed them,' replied Napoleon, ' but he might and would have taken them out,... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction.VOL.I.January to June,1847 - 1847 - 430 páginas
...Napoleon in Exile" — " I told Napoleon it was the opinion of a very distinguished naval officer, that if Cochrane had been properly supported, he would...have destroyed the whole of the French ships. 'He would not only have destroyed them,' replied Napoleon, ' but he might and would have taken them out,... | |
 | 1847 - 796 páginas
...It was the opinion of naval officers well known to him, (Napoleon,) that if Cochrane had been well supported he would have destroyed the whole of the...ships.' ' He could not only have destroyed them,' said Napoleon, ' but he might and would have taken them out, had your admiral supported him as he ought... | |
 | Barry Edward O'Meara - 1853 - 582 páginas
...Cochrane, and the attempt which his lordship had made to capture or destroy the ships in the Charante. I said that it was the opinion of a very distinguished...him, that if Cochrane had been properly supported, be would have destroyed the whole of the French ships. " He could not only have destroyed them," replied... | |
 | Charles Edward Armstrong - 1855 - 264 páginas
...commander-in-chief. B. O'Meara gives the following opinion of Napoleon on this affair : " I said it was declared by a distinguished naval officer, whom I named, and who was well known to him, that if Cochrane had heen properly supported, he would have destroyed the whole of the French ships." " He could not only... | |
 | William James - 1859 - 504 páginas
...Cochrane, and the attempt which his lordship made to capture or destroy the ships in the Charente. I said that it was the opinion of a very distinguished...would have destroyed the whole of the French ships. ' He'could not only have destroyed them,' replied Napoleon, 'but he might and would have taken them... | |
 | Thomas Cochrane Earl of Dundonald - 1860 - 472 páginas
...the opinion of a very distinguished officer, whom I named, and who was well known to him (Napoleon), that if Cochrane had been properly supported, he would...have destroyed the whole of the French ships. " 'He would not only have destroyed them,' replied Napoleon, ' but he might and would have taken them out,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1863 - 312 páginas
...to capture or destroy the ships in the Charente. ' I said it was the opinion of a very distinguished officer, whom I named, and who was well known to him,...would have destroyed the whole of the French ships. 1 " He would not only have destroyed them," replied Napoleon, " but he might and would have taken them... | |
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I said that it was the opinion of a very distinguished naval officer whom I named, and who was well known to him, that, if Cochrane had been properly supported, he would have destroyed the whole of the French ships. ' He could not only have destroyed... 
