A Narrative of My Professional Adventures (1790-1839): 1790-1802, Τόμος 1Navy Records Society, 1953 - 468 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 118
... whole foreigner element , almost to a man , proved so battle - shy . I have found elsewhere nothing quite parallel to this ; and , though Gambier's refusal to take on any of the French applicants furnishes , perhaps , a mild ...
... whole foreigner element , almost to a man , proved so battle - shy . I have found elsewhere nothing quite parallel to this ; and , though Gambier's refusal to take on any of the French applicants furnishes , perhaps , a mild ...
Σελίδα 174
... whole this policy had worked , though the incidence of it upon individuals had often been hideously unfair . But now the moment had come when the naval effort alone was becoming so large that the general source of supply from which all ...
... whole this policy had worked , though the incidence of it upon individuals had often been hideously unfair . But now the moment had come when the naval effort alone was becoming so large that the general source of supply from which all ...
Σελίδα 356
... whole story of fighting at sea would have taken a very different turn . Yet it would probably be equally wrong to dismiss the whole episode as pure fiction . In W.H.D. that would not be true to type . There is plenty of evidence that he ...
... whole story of fighting at sea would have taken a very different turn . Yet it would probably be equally wrong to dismiss the whole episode as pure fiction . In W.H.D. that would not be true to type . There is plenty of evidence that he ...
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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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