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, Volumen5Harding, Lepard, and Company, 1826 |
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... coast of Tripoli , and , pass- Feb. ing wide of the island of Malta , made Cape Bon . The time subsequently spent by M. Ganteaume , in cruising off Sicily and the eastern coast of Sar- dinia , might yet have been taken advantage of ...
... coast of Tripoli , and , pass- Feb. ing wide of the island of Malta , made Cape Bon . The time subsequently spent by M. Ganteaume , in cruising off Sicily and the eastern coast of Sar- dinia , might yet have been taken advantage of ...
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... coast of the latter , were hailed as deliverers ; and never , surely , were the skill and enterprise of british seamen . more zealously nor more successfully exerted , than in rooting out the french invaders from the sea- 1808 14 ...
... coast of the latter , were hailed as deliverers ; and never , surely , were the skill and enterprise of british seamen . more zealously nor more successfully exerted , than in rooting out the french invaders from the sea- 1808 14 ...
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... coast ; on the 21st the celebrated battle of Vimeira was fought ; on the Battle 22d lieutenant - general sir Hew Dalrymple arrived , meira . and took the command of the british forces ; and on the 30th was concluded the famous ...
... coast ; on the 21st the celebrated battle of Vimeira was fought ; on the Battle 22d lieutenant - general sir Hew Dalrymple arrived , meira . and took the command of the british forces ; and on the 30th was concluded the famous ...
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... coast of Norway , with a fresh breeze from the eastward , a sail was discovered in - shore , and immediately chased . The stranger hauled in among the rocks , out of sight , for the purpose of taking shelter in the small port of Midbe ...
... coast of Norway , with a fresh breeze from the eastward , a sail was discovered in - shore , and immediately chased . The stranger hauled in among the rocks , out of sight , for the purpose of taking shelter in the small port of Midbe ...
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... coast bearing north - west by west distant 40 miles , the stranger was made out to be an enemy , and at 5 P. M. a danish ship of the line , having evidently the inten- tion , if no other mode of escape offered , of running herself on ...
... coast bearing north - west by west distant 40 miles , the stranger was made out to be an enemy , and at 5 P. M. a danish ship of the line , having evidently the inten- tion , if no other mode of escape offered , of running herself on ...
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