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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... eight seamen and marines killed and 14 wounded . The remainder of the day was occupied by the San - Fiorenzo in repairing her damages , and in a vain pursuit of the Piémontaise , who crowded sail to the eastward , and at 9 P. M. ...
... eight seamen and marines killed and 14 wounded . The remainder of the day was occupied by the San - Fiorenzo in repairing her damages , and in a vain pursuit of the Piémontaise , who crowded sail to the eastward , and at 9 P. M. ...
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... eight guns " had captured a french frigate armed with " fifty long 18 - pound- ers ; " * but our duty compels us to reprobate the introduction of so gross a falsehood into a solemn memorial presented to the king in council . A document ...
... eight guns " had captured a french frigate armed with " fifty long 18 - pound- ers ; " * but our duty compels us to reprobate the introduction of so gross a falsehood into a solemn memorial presented to the king in council . A document ...
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... eight guns , ' " " On the 13th of March , at 5 P. M. , the british 18- pounder 36 - gun frigate Emerald , captain Frederick Lewis Maitland , being off the harbour of Vivero , in Spain , discovered lying there a large french armed ...
... eight guns , ' " " On the 13th of March , at 5 P. M. , the british 18- pounder 36 - gun frigate Emerald , captain Frederick Lewis Maitland , being off the harbour of Vivero , in Spain , discovered lying there a large french armed ...
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... eight 12- pounder carronades and a complement of 70 men , from the Isle of France with despatches ; but , as the vessel had gone on shore at high water , no efforts on the part of the British , although persevered in until a party of ...
... eight 12- pounder carronades and a complement of 70 men , from the Isle of France with despatches ; but , as the vessel had gone on shore at high water , no efforts on the part of the British , although persevered in until a party of ...
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... eight action . shot - holes between wind and water . This done , Con- duct and being in too shattered a state to keep the sea , the Childers put back to Leith . In the mean time the merchant vessels from that port , having had the ...
... eight action . shot - holes between wind and water . This done , Con- duct and being in too shattered a state to keep the sea , the Childers put back to Leith . In the mean time the merchant vessels from that port , having had the ...
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