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, Volumen3Harding, Lepard, and Company, 1826 |
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... shot , shells , and musketry ; the latter from a nu- merous body of troops drawn up on the mole - head ; round which the galley passed within 10 yards , with no greater loss or damage than five british seamen wounded , one shot through ...
... shot , shells , and musketry ; the latter from a nu- merous body of troops drawn up on the mole - head ; round which the galley passed within 10 yards , with no greater loss or damage than five british seamen wounded , one shot through ...
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... shot of the mole - head , an alarm was raised of fire below . Lieutenant Gibson instantly rushed down , and found a half - drunken french sailor , with a light and a crow bar , in the act of breaking open the door of the magazine , for ...
... shot of the mole - head , an alarm was raised of fire below . Lieutenant Gibson instantly rushed down , and found a half - drunken french sailor , with a light and a crow bar , in the act of breaking open the door of the magazine , for ...
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... shot ! June . Battle of Ma- rengo . Starved at length into compliance , general Mas- séna , on the 4th of June , consented to evacuate the town of Genoa , and , with the 8000 of his troops that were able to march , retire to Nice . In ...
... shot ! June . Battle of Ma- rengo . Starved at length into compliance , general Mas- séna , on the 4th of June , consented to evacuate the town of Genoa , and , with the 8000 of his troops that were able to march , retire to Nice . In ...
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... shots ; whereupon the Généreux , finding it im- possible to escape from her pursuers , fired the usual ceremonious ... shot took off his right thigh . This brave officer immediately fell insensible on the deck , and died a few minutes ...
... shots ; whereupon the Généreux , finding it im- possible to escape from her pursuers , fired the usual ceremonious ... shot took off his right thigh . This brave officer immediately fell insensible on the deck , and died a few minutes ...
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... shot . From such a succession of raking fires , the Guillaume - Tell had also , no doubt , sustained a considerable loss of men ; whereas the Penelope , whose object was to avoid exposing her- self to a single broadside from so powerful ...
... shot . From such a succession of raking fires , the Guillaume - Tell had also , no doubt , sustained a considerable loss of men ; whereas the Penelope , whose object was to avoid exposing her- self to a single broadside from so powerful ...
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