The dispatches and letters of vice admiral ... Nelson, with notes by sir N.H. Nicolas, Volumen6 |
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... Line , “ in hopes to tempt Mr. La Touche out of Port . " On the 7th , he said , " Do not think I am tired of watching Mr. La Touche Tréville . I have now taken up a method of making him angry . I have left Sir Richard Bicker- ton , with ...
... Line , “ in hopes to tempt Mr. La Touche out of Port . " On the 7th , he said , " Do not think I am tired of watching Mr. La Touche Tréville . I have now taken up a method of making him angry . I have left Sir Richard Bicker- ton , with ...
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... Line , am preventing his cutting capers , which he had done for some time past , off Cape Sicie . Mr. La Touche has several times hoisted his top- sail yards up ; and on the 4th of June , we having hoisted the Standard and saluted , he ...
... Line , am preventing his cutting capers , which he had done for some time past , off Cape Sicie . Mr. La Touche has several times hoisted his top- sail yards up ; and on the 4th of June , we having hoisted the Standard and saluted , he ...
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... line upon Monsieur La Touche's having cut a caper a few miles outside of Toulon on the 14th of June , where he well knew I could not get at him without placing the Ships under the batteries which surround that Port , and that , had I ...
... line upon Monsieur La Touche's having cut a caper a few miles outside of Toulon on the 14th of June , where he well knew I could not get at him without placing the Ships under the batteries which surround that Port , and that , had I ...
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... Line , under Vice- Admiral Villeneuve , had put to sea ; and as it was steer- ing South , or S. by W. , he concluded that it was bound round the Southern end of Sardinia , whereas its real desti- nation was out of the Straits , and ...
... Line , under Vice- Admiral Villeneuve , had put to sea ; and as it was steer- ing South , or S. by W. , he concluded that it was bound round the Southern end of Sardinia , whereas its real desti- nation was out of the Straits , and ...
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... Line , the Combined Fleet com- posed of eighteen ; and all he thought it necessary to say to his dearest friend of the immense responsibility he incurred , or of the risk which so great a disparity of force involved , was , " My lot is ...
... Line , the Combined Fleet com- posed of eighteen ; and all he thought it necessary to say to his dearest friend of the immense responsibility he incurred , or of the risk which so great a disparity of force involved , was , " My lot is ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Acton Admiral Admiralty Adriatic Amazon answer thereto arrival August Autograph BART Bittern Bomb-Vessels Canopus Captain Keats capture Clarke and M'Arthur command Commissioner Otway conduct Consul Convoy copy dear Ball dear Sir desire Dey of Algiers dispatches Elliot Papers Enemy Enemy's Privateers England Excellency French Fleet Frigates Gibraltar H. M. SHIP hereby required herewith transmit hope HUGH ELLIOT John join July June Lady Hamilton Letter-Book Lieutenant Lord Nelson Lords Commissioners Lordships Lutwidge Madalena Islands Maidstone Majesty Majesty's Ship Majesty's Sloop Malta Mediterranean Medusa Minister Naples Naval Navy necessary NELSON AND BRONTE obliged October Officer Order-Book Port possession proceed proceedings Rear-Admiral received your letter Rendezvous request required and directed respect RIGHT HONOURABLE sail Sardinia sent Sepet Sir Alexander Ball SIR JOHN ACTON Sloop Squadron Termagant tion Toulon Transports ultimo Vessels Victory Victuallers Vide vol WILLIAM MARSDEN wish
Pasajes populares
Página 196 - Venerable, off the coast of Holland, the i2th of October, by log (nth1 three PM Camperdown ESE eight mile. Wind N. by E. Sir, I have the pleasure to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that...
Página 496 - Thiers, it appeal's, has also derived much valuable information. Many interesting memoirs, diaries, and letters, all hitherto unpublished, and most of them destined for political reasons to remain so, have been placed at his disposal ; while all the leading characters of the empire...
Página 362 - I have to request you will be pleased to lay before the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty the...
Página 274 - Sir, — I have the pleasure to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that at nine o'clock this morning I got sight of the Dutch fleet.
Página xi - The business of an English Commander-in-Chief being first to bring an Enemy's Fleet to Battle, on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his Ships close on board the Enemy, as expeditiously as possible ;) and secondly, to continue them there, without separating, until the business is decided...
Página 407 - Feeling that even a doubt upon such a subject cannot be entertained consistently with my reputation as Commander in Chief, I request that you will be pleased to move the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to direct a Court Martial to be assembled as early as possible, for the purpose of enquiring into my conduct as Commander in Chief.53 With such ease was Cochrane outmanoeuvred in the quarrels of public life.
Página 447 - So far from being infallible, like the Pope, I believe my opinions to be very fallible, and therefore I may be mistaken that the enemy's fleet has gone to Europe ; but I cannot bring myself to think otherwise, notwithstanding the variety of opinions which different people of good judgment form.
Página 421 - My lot is cast, my dear Ball, and I am going to the West Indies, where, although I am late, yet chance may have given them a bad passage, and me a good one : I must hope the best.
Página 473 - Eussell to transmit to you, for the information of the 'lords commissioners of the admiralty, a copy of a letter...
Página 433 - The business of an English commander-in-chief being first to bring an enemy's fleet to battle on the Nelson's Plan of Attack. most advantageous terms to himself — I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy as expeditiously as possible — and, secondly, to continue them there without separating until the business is decided...