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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... gun - boats at anchor in the harbour . from a This fire was returned by a few guns ; and , in in the the mean while , the remainder of the small party of British were employed in disabling the other guns , and in destroying as much as ...
... gun - boats at anchor in the harbour . from a This fire was returned by a few guns ; and , in in the the mean while , the remainder of the small party of British were employed in disabling the other guns , and in destroying as much as ...
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... gun that was spiked had sunk one of the two gun - boats . Lieutenant Lyons the now deemed it prudent to retire . He did not do so , boats , however , without leaving the british flag flying on destroy the fort ; and which flag had been ...
... gun that was spiked had sunk one of the two gun - boats . Lieutenant Lyons the now deemed it prudent to retire . He did not do so , boats , however , without leaving the british flag flying on destroy the fort ; and which flag had been ...
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... gun brig- attacks sloop Procris , captain Robert Maunsell , in obe- gun ... boats , each armed with two guns , a brass 32 - pounder carronade forward ... gun - shot . Finding that the fire of the Procris made very little impression upon ...
... gun brig- attacks sloop Procris , captain Robert Maunsell , in obe- gun ... boats , each armed with two guns , a brass 32 - pounder carronade forward ... gun - shot . Finding that the fire of the Procris made very little impression upon ...
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... 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 British could get ...
... 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 British could get ...
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... gun - boats , a total of nearly a hundred sail . On the 10th a smart skirmish took place between . the advanced division of each army ; which ended in British the defeat of the Dutch , and in the occupation by pare to the British of the ...
... gun - boats , a total of nearly a hundred sail . On the 10th a smart skirmish took place between . the advanced division of each army ; which ended in British the defeat of the Dutch , and in the occupation by pare to the British of the ...
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