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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... night and of the following day , the 10th , a great part of the artillery , baggage , and stores belonging to the Spaniards was embarked , and 1808. removed to the point of Slypsharn , four miles REAR - ADMIRAL KEATS AT NYBORG . 25.
... night and of the following day , the 10th , a great part of the artillery , baggage , and stores belonging to the Spaniards was embarked , and 1808. removed to the point of Slypsharn , four miles REAR - ADMIRAL KEATS AT NYBORG . 25.
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... miles from Aug. Nyborg , where the army was to embark . Troops embark Captains Jackson and Lockyer undertook the ex- also ecution of this service ; and the troops , having em- and barked without an accident on the morning of the 11th ...
... miles from Aug. Nyborg , where the army was to embark . Troops embark Captains Jackson and Lockyer undertook the ex- also ecution of this service ; and the troops , having em- and barked without an accident on the morning of the 11th ...
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... miles astern , that he should run between Groix and the main , in order , if possible , to cut off the two frigates , who were then closing with the island . For this purpose the Aigle made all sail , with the wind on her larboard beam ...
... miles astern , that he should run between Groix and the main , in order , if possible , to cut off the two frigates , who were then closing with the island . For this purpose the Aigle made all sail , with the wind on her larboard beam ...
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... miles distant from it . The Childers now set her courses , and tacked , with the intention of weathering her antagonist ; Chil- but the wind presently headed her , and defeated ders the attempt . As the only alternative , the Childers ...
... miles distant from it . The Childers now set her courses , and tacked , with the intention of weathering her antagonist ; Chil- but the wind presently headed her , and defeated ders the attempt . As the only alternative , the Childers ...
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... miles , the stranger was made out to be an enemy , and at 5 P. M. a danish ship of the line , having evidently the inten- tion , if no other mode of escape offered , of running herself on shore . her . At 7 h . 40 m . P. M. the Nassau ...
... miles , the stranger was made out to be an enemy , and at 5 P. M. a danish ship of the line , having evidently the inten- tion , if no other mode of escape offered , of running herself on shore . her . At 7 h . 40 m . P. M. the Nassau ...
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