| James Gambier Baron Gambier, William Brodie Gurney - 1809 - 274 páginas
...intention to have gone against the hatteries I now speak of, with the Caledonia and some other ship ; but as the enemy were• on shore, he did not think it...of their destruction seemed to be already obtained. Q. Did you, on the 12th of April, know of the safe anchorage you have now described for line-of-hattle... | |
| Thomas Cochrane Earl of Dundonald - 1810 - 330 páginas
...have gone " against the batteries, I now speak of, with the Caledonia, and " some oth«r ship; BUT AS THE ENEMY WERE ON SHORE, he " did not think it necessary to run any unnecessary risk of the "flett, WHEN THE OBJECT OF THEIR DESTRUCTION " SEEMED TO BE ALREADY OBTAINED." ! ! ! (p. 222.) Here... | |
| William James - 1859 - 504 páginas
...run into Aix roads ; but, according to the evidence of Captain Broughton, examined at Lord Gambler's court-martial, his lordship was induced to anchor...the object of their destruction seemed to be already obtained."1 As a further proof that the British admiral, whatever may have been his original intention,... | |
| Thomas Cochrane Earl of Dundonald, George Butler Earp - 1860 - 522 páginas
...(at this council) it had been his intention to have gone against the batteries I now speak of, but as the enemy were on shore he did not think it necessary...of their destruction seemed to be already obtained" (Minutes, pp. 221, 222.) That is, he admits my exertions to have destroyed the French fleet, (which... | |
| John McGilchrist - 1861 - 248 páginas
...same morning say, it had been his intention to have gone against the batteries I now speak of, but as the enemy were on shore he did not think it necessary...their destruction seemed to be already obtained." By a singular coincidence, more than fifty years before Lord Cochrane's exploit in the Basque Roads,... | |
| William James - 2003 - 464 páginas
...reanchored, in 12 and 13 fathoms' water, at the distance of three miles from the flagstaff on lsle d'Aix, and consequently of about six miles from the...idea of employing the fleet to cannonade the works on lsle d'Aix. or the French ships aground on the Palles shoal. Lord Gambler did not make the customary... | |
| Noel Mostert - 2008 - 800 páginas
...destroy the French fleet was that 'as the enemy was on shore, he did not think it necessary to run an unnecessary risk of the fleet, when the object of their destruction seemed to be already obtained'. At one pm on the 12th Cochrane took it upon himself to do what Gambier appeared unwilling to do. He... | |
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