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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... enemy's motions , pulled back to the frigate . Re- on Tartar at- tempts to the The Tartar now got under way , with the intention of cannonading the town and batteries . Owing , however , to the intricacy of the passage and the reach ...
... enemy's motions , pulled back to the frigate . Re- on Tartar at- tempts to the The Tartar now got under way , with the intention of cannonading the town and batteries . Owing , however , to the intricacy of the passage and the reach ...
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... enemy's vessels . boats . At 4 P. M. , the shot and shells from the gun - boats and batteries passing over them , the british ships opened their fire . The Alceste and Mercury de- voted their principal attention to the gun - boats ...
... enemy's vessels . boats . At 4 P. M. , the shot and shells from the gun - boats and batteries passing over them , the british ships opened their fire . The Alceste and Mercury de- voted their principal attention to the gun - boats ...
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... enemy's guns , and from under the protection of the barges and pinnaces of the franco- spanish squadron of seven sail of the line ; which barges and pinnaces had also by that time effected their junction with the gun - boats . & c ...
... enemy's guns , and from under the protection of the barges and pinnaces of the franco- spanish squadron of seven sail of the line ; which barges and pinnaces had also by that time effected their junction with the gun - boats . & c ...
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... enemy's vessel . As , in the event of success , the Ga- rotta in coming out might not be able , on account of the darkness , to avoid the shoals off the entrance of the river , Mr. Henry Andrews , the master of the Nymphe , with the ...
... enemy's vessel . As , in the event of success , the Ga- rotta in coming out might not be able , on account of the darkness , to avoid the shoals off the entrance of the river , Mr. Henry Andrews , the master of the Nymphe , with the ...
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... enemy's vessel before they were dis- covered . Upon being hailed by the Garotta , who lay within pistol - shot of the guns of Belem castle , and had for her additional protection a floating bat- tery carrying long 24 - pounders , the ...
... enemy's vessel before they were dis- covered . Upon being hailed by the Garotta , who lay within pistol - shot of the guns of Belem castle , and had for her additional protection a floating bat- tery carrying long 24 - pounders , the ...
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