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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... commodore , as the President was descending the bay , so significantly question his people as to their readiness for action ? Extra- A ship is descried , a man of war , " from the sym- ry de- metry of her upper sails " and her making ...
... commodore , as the President was descending the bay , so significantly question his people as to their readiness for action ? Extra- A ship is descried , a man of war , " from the sym- ry de- metry of her upper sails " and her making ...
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... commodore on some other occasion , examine upon what more stable ground he Little- claims the privilege of being first answered . The had no President was a neutral , the Little - Belt a belligerent right ship : one was at peace with ...
... commodore on some other occasion , examine upon what more stable ground he Little- claims the privilege of being first answered . The had no President was a neutral , the Little - Belt a belligerent right ship : one was at peace with ...
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... commodore Rodgers , were the acting captain , three out of the five lieutenants , two officers of marines , the master , and the chaplain . Cap- tain Ludlow is " uncertain which fired the first gun , but the second gun was from the ...
... commodore Rodgers , were the acting captain , three out of the five lieutenants , two officers of marines , the master , and the chaplain . Cap- tain Ludlow is " uncertain which fired the first gun , but the second gun was from the ...
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... commodore was hailing the second time , a gun in his division went off , he thinks by accident ; that he was then ... commodore's cause . parties Not a doubt , therefore , remains upon our mind , Both that the first gun was fired ...
... commodore was hailing the second time , a gun in his division went off , he thinks by accident ; that he was then ... commodore's cause . parties Not a doubt , therefore , remains upon our mind , Both that the first gun was fired ...
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... commodore's orders were " to fire low and with two round shot . " His subordinate officers and men , emulous to please , fired low enough , and loaded their gers . guns , not only with round and grape shot , but with every scrap of iron ...
... commodore's orders were " to fire low and with two round shot . " His subordinate officers and men , emulous to please , fired low enough , and loaded their gers . guns , not only with round and grape shot , but with every scrap of iron ...
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