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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... five or six leagues . Wishing , with the odds against him , Both to have a commanding breeze to manoeuvre with , and sepa- expecting every moment to be joined by the Astrea rate by from Port - Louis , captain Hillyar rather avoided than ...
... five or six leagues . Wishing , with the odds against him , Both to have a commanding breeze to manoeuvre with , and sepa- expecting every moment to be joined by the Astrea rate by from Port - Louis , captain Hillyar rather avoided than ...
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... five private marines killed , her captain with a lacerated wound by a splinter , but his name does not appear in the official return , second lieutenant of marines , ( Henry Lewis , ) 14 seamen , ( two mortally , ) five private marines ...
... five private marines killed , her captain with a lacerated wound by a splinter , but his name does not appear in the official return , second lieutenant of marines , ( Henry Lewis , ) 14 seamen , ( two mortally , ) five private marines ...
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... five succeeding days of March , Cricq 1812 , captain Saint - Cricq was tried by a court- dismiss martial , for not having done all in his power in the french action in which the Renommée had been captured ; service for having separated ...
... five succeeding days of March , Cricq 1812 , captain Saint - Cricq was tried by a court- dismiss martial , for not having done all in his power in the french action in which the Renommée had been captured ; service for having separated ...
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... five . closely pressed , that by 7 A. M. three or four broad- sides brought five of the feluccas to an anchor under the Drake's guns , and they were immediately taken possession of . The others , finding themselves cut off from their ...
... five . closely pressed , that by 7 A. M. three or four broad- sides brought five of the feluccas to an anchor under the Drake's guns , and they were immediately taken possession of . The others , finding themselves cut off from their ...
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... five of the dutch gun - boats ; the crews of 1811 . which , after throwing their spears at the assailants , July . leaped overboard . The sixth gun - boat would have shared the same fate , but caught fire and blew up boats before the ...
... five of the dutch gun - boats ; the crews of 1811 . which , after throwing their spears at the assailants , July . leaped overboard . The sixth gun - boat would have shared the same fate , but caught fire and blew up boats before the ...
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