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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... orders , and stood back to look after the french fleet . From the 26th of February to the 13th of March , amidst ... ordered by rear - admiral Martin , at anchor there with three sail of the line , to cruise between Cape Bon and Sardinia ...
... orders , and stood back to look after the french fleet . From the 26th of February to the 13th of March , amidst ... ordered by rear - admiral Martin , at anchor there with three sail of the line , to cruise between Cape Bon and Sardinia ...
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... orders to Malta , he set off for Palermo , and gave the intelli- gence to rear - admiral Martin . The launch reached Malta on the third day , and vessels were detached in every direction in search of the british fleet ; the enemy in the ...
... orders to Malta , he set off for Palermo , and gave the intelli- gence to rear - admiral Martin . The launch reached Malta on the third day , and vessels were detached in every direction in search of the british fleet ; the enemy in the ...
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... orders the Brunswick and Edgar of the same force , captains Thomas Graves and James Macnamara , and five or six smaller vessels . According to a plan concerted between the rear- adıniral and the marquis de la Romana , the comman- fort ...
... orders the Brunswick and Edgar of the same force , captains Thomas Graves and James Macnamara , and five or six smaller vessels . According to a plan concerted between the rear- adıniral and the marquis de la Romana , the comman- fort ...
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... orders were , for the boats to keep in tow of each other until they were discovered by the brig : then to cast off ... order prescribed , and , ascending with the tide , got near to the enough , by the time it became slack water , to see ...
... orders were , for the boats to keep in tow of each other until they were discovered by the brig : then to cast off ... order prescribed , and , ascending with the tide , got near to the enough , by the time it became slack water , to see ...
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... orders to abandon them , when a 24 - pound shot struck him on the left side , and he instantly expired , exclaiming , " I die contented ; I die for my coun- try ! " Lieutenant Lawrence , who was wounded by a musket - ball in the arm ...
... orders to abandon them , when a 24 - pound shot struck him on the left side , and he instantly expired , exclaiming , " I die contented ; I die for my coun- try ! " Lieutenant Lawrence , who was wounded by a musket - ball in the arm ...
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