A Narrative of My Professional Adventures (1790-1839): 1790-1802, Τόμος 1Navy Records Society, 1953 - 468 σελίδες |
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... fire from the forts , we cleared the land , then made over to the Downs . This was the first time , for many of us , of being under fire of the enemy . We were soon supplied with new anchors and cables . Several small French privateers ...
... fire from the forts , we cleared the land , then made over to the Downs . This was the first time , for many of us , of being under fire of the enemy . We were soon supplied with new anchors and cables . Several small French privateers ...
Σελίδα 192
... fire on the Poop . She ceased firing and , by good management luffing up into the wind , throwing all her sails aback , the crew were enabled to put the fire out . But in the mean- time the French ship became surrounded by ours and was ...
... fire on the Poop . She ceased firing and , by good management luffing up into the wind , throwing all her sails aback , the crew were enabled to put the fire out . But in the mean- time the French ship became surrounded by ours and was ...
Σελίδα 227
... fire . Luckily , it was in the day . I was sent with a boat to assist , and to extinguish it . When I got alongside of the ship , what a horrid sight I witnessed ! The women screaming , throwing themselves overboard . The men ...
... fire . Luckily , it was in the day . I was sent with a boat to assist , and to extinguish it . When I got alongside of the ship , what a horrid sight I witnessed ! The women screaming , throwing themselves overboard . The men ...
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PEACE March 1790January 1793 I | 1 |
ILE DE GROIX AND THE GREAT STORMS December 1794 | 173 |
THE LESSER ANTILLES March 1796March 1798 | 221 |
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