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, Volumen6Harding, Lepard, and Company, 1826 |
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... appears , hear her name ; and , to a question , desiring to know if his antagonist had struck , was answered by captain Bingham in the negative . The latter then asked the name of the american frigate ; but the same cause , the ...
... appears , hear her name ; and , to a question , desiring to know if his antagonist had struck , was answered by captain Bingham in the negative . The latter then asked the name of the american frigate ; but the same cause , the ...
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... appear to have given a simultaneous vent to their fury ; one , as lieutenant Creighton swears captain Bingham informed him , on the supposition that he was defending himself against an avowed enemy ; the other , according to the ...
... appear to have given a simultaneous vent to their fury ; one , as lieutenant Creighton swears captain Bingham informed him , on the supposition that he was defending himself against an avowed enemy ; the other , according to the ...
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... appear to have been captured . The three french fri- chase . gates now tacked and stood to the eastward , followed in by the two british frigates and brig - sloop . At 3 P. M. the French hoisted their colours , and the British soon ...
... appear to have been captured . The three french fri- chase . gates now tacked and stood to the eastward , followed in by the two british frigates and brig - sloop . At 3 P. M. the French hoisted their colours , and the British soon ...
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... appears that , at one period , while the two squadrons , before the junction of the Astrea , were in the presence of each other , the ship's company of the Galatea went aft and requested their captain to bring the enemy to dote of ...
... appears that , at one period , while the two squadrons , before the junction of the Astrea , were in the presence of each other , the ship's company of the Galatea went aft and requested their captain to bring the enemy to dote of ...
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... appears that , after the Renommée and Clorinde- had obliged the Phoebe to quit the Néréide , the latter , on account of her disabled state , was ordered by the commodore to make for the land ; while the Renommée , followed by her ...
... appears that , after the Renommée and Clorinde- had obliged the Phoebe to quit the Néréide , the latter , on account of her disabled state , was ordered by the commodore to make for the land ; while the Renommée , followed by her ...
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