...clear point of view the respect 10 which they hold the British navy; and from the determined conduct of the squadron you did me the honour to place under my command, I am fully persuaded, had the ambition of the enemy permitted him to make a bolder attack,...

...have, &c. ALEX. COCHRANE. Sceptre, off Guadeloupe, Dec. 18, 18O9. SIR, — The moment I took charge of the squadron you did me the honour to place under my command, I that instant rejected the enemy's truce, conceiving it a mere French finesse, to procrastinate...

...have, &c. ALEX. COCHRAOTE. Sceptre, oil Guadeloupe, Dec. 18, 1809. SIR,— The moment I took charge of the squadron you did me the honour to place under my command, I that instant rejected the enemy's truce, conceiving it a mere French finesse, to procrastinate...

...Bay, St Martin's, Feb. 17i SIR, — I arrived at day-light on the 14th instant off this island, with the squadron you did me the honour to place under my orders, destined to co-operate with the military force under the command of Brigadier-General Harcourt, for...

...months, I owe considerable obligation ; and although the services of the squadron you did me the honor to place under my orders may not have been of a brilliant...the variety of weather incident to the season, on a steep and dangerous shore, where no anchorage was to be obtained, as well as to the vigilance and...

...notwithstanding the light and baffling winds, a seasonable return to his anchorage. " From the determined conduct of the squadron you did me the honour to place under my command," said Blackwood in his letter to Sir C. Cotton, " I am fully persuaded, had the ambition of...

...notwithstanding the light and baffling winds, a seasonable return to his anchorage. " From the determined conduct of the squadron you did me the honour to place under my command," said Blackwood in his letter to Sir C. Cotton, " I am fully persuaded, had the ambition of...

...notwithstanding the light and baffling winds, a seasonable return to his anchorage. " From the determined conduct of the squadron you did me the honour to place under my command," said Blackwood in his letter to Sir C. Cotton, " I am fully persuaded, had the ambition of...

...all probability were 80-gun ships, been " bold" enough to engage him. " From the determined conduct of the squadron you did me the honour to place under my command," says the captain, " I am fully persuaded, had the ambition of the enemy permitted him to...

...all probability were 80-gun ships, been " bold" enough to engage him. " From the determined conduct of the squadron you did me the honour to place under my command," says the captain, " I am fully persuaded, had the ambition of the enemy permitted him to...