The Life of NelsonRivingtons, 1883 - 280 страници |
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... Port Royal . Not more than seven thousand men could be mustered for the defence of the island , -a number wholly inadequate to resist the force which threatened them . Of this Nelson was so well aware , that when he wrote to his friends ...
... Port Royal . Not more than seven thousand men could be mustered for the defence of the island , -a number wholly inadequate to resist the force which threatened them . Of this Nelson was so well aware , that when he wrote to his friends ...
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... Port Royal he was carried ashore in his cot ; and finding himself , after a partial amendment , unable to retain the command of his new ship , he was compelled to ask leave to return to England , as the only means of recovery . Captain ...
... Port Royal he was carried ashore in his cot ; and finding himself , after a partial amendment , unable to retain the command of his new ship , he was compelled to ask leave to return to England , as the only means of recovery . Captain ...
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... port bow . Hence , to come athwart - hawse , is to cross the bow of another vessel . Nelson's own account of the accident , he says " a large East India store- ship drove from her anchors , and came on board us . " - NELSON'S Dispatches ...
... port bow . Hence , to come athwart - hawse , is to cross the bow of another vessel . Nelson's own account of the accident , he says " a large East India store- ship drove from her anchors , and came on board us . " - NELSON'S Dispatches ...
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... port and La Guayra , under French colours , for the purpose of obtaining information , when a king's launch , belonging to the Spaniards , passed near , and being hailed in French , came alongside without suspicion , and answered all ...
... port and La Guayra , under French colours , for the purpose of obtaining information , when a king's launch , belonging to the Spaniards , passed near , and being hailed in French , came alongside without suspicion , and answered all ...
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... port I A harbour to the south of Antigua . 2 Broad pendant . A square piece of bunting at the mast - head of the vessel commanded by the senior Captain or Commodore . More usually pennant . 1784 ] Strikes the Commissioner's Flag at ...
... port I A harbour to the south of Antigua . 2 Broad pendant . A square piece of bunting at the mast - head of the vessel commanded by the senior Captain or Commodore . More usually pennant . 1784 ] Strikes the Commissioner's Flag at ...
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