A Narrative of My Professional Adventures (1790-1839): 1790-1802, Τόμος 1Navy Records Society, 1953 - 468 σελίδες |
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... followed up with great spirit , but moderated , and finally ceased , as night came on . The wind had lulled , and as total darkness prevailed , all further operations were at an end . Every ship in the British Fleet carried ...
... followed up with great spirit , but moderated , and finally ceased , as night came on . The wind had lulled , and as total darkness prevailed , all further operations were at an end . Every ship in the British Fleet carried ...
Σελίδα 124
... followed , and , at last , it came to our turn . At the opening that had been made in the enemy's line lay a large French 80 gun ship , l'Indomptable . All her topmasts had been shot away , and she was motionless . But she kept up a ...
... followed , and , at last , it came to our turn . At the opening that had been made in the enemy's line lay a large French 80 gun ship , l'Indomptable . All her topmasts had been shot away , and she was motionless . But she kept up a ...
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... followed , complicated , in 1793 , by the intervention of British forces from Jamaica . This ill - advised and expensive episode lasted for five years , when , after suffering appalling and unprofitable losses , we withdrew . France ...
... followed , complicated , in 1793 , by the intervention of British forces from Jamaica . This ill - advised and expensive episode lasted for five years , when , after suffering appalling and unprofitable losses , we withdrew . France ...
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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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