The Life of NelsonRivingtons, 1883 - 280 страници |
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... thousand men , threatened Jamaica from 5 The full title was " Master and Commander , " probably to distinguish a naval officer from the merchant master , hired to command a small ship of By courtesy , never officially , Commanders are ...
... thousand men , threatened Jamaica from 5 The full title was " Master and Commander , " probably to distinguish a naval officer from the merchant master , hired to command a small ship of By courtesy , never officially , Commanders are ...
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... 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 in England , he told them they ...
... 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 in England , he told them they ...
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... thousand men , who were sent against him , could occasion them the loss of a single man . While he exerted himself thus , keeping out all supplies , intercepting dis- patches , attacking their outposts and forts , and cutting out ...
... thousand men , who were sent against him , could occasion them the loss of a single man . While he exerted himself thus , keeping out all supplies , intercepting dis- patches , attacking their outposts and forts , and cutting out ...
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... thousand men , which he expected from Gibraltar . Upon this Lord Hood determined to reduce it with the naval force under his command ; and leaving part of his fleet off Toulon , he came with the rest to Bastia . He showed a proper sense ...
... thousand men , which he expected from Gibraltar . Upon this Lord Hood determined to reduce it with the naval force under his command ; and leaving part of his fleet off Toulon , he came with the rest to Bastia . He showed a proper sense ...
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... thousand regulars , fifteen hundred national guards , and a large party of Corsican troops , four thousand in all , laying down their arms to twelve hundred soldiers , marines , and seamen ! I always was of opinion , have ever acted up ...
... thousand regulars , fifteen hundred national guards , and a large party of Corsican troops , four thousand in all , laying down their arms to twelve hundred soldiers , marines , and seamen ! I always was of opinion , have ever acted up ...
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74 guns action Admiral Admiralty afterwards Agamemnon anchor appointed arms army arrived attack Austrian Bastia batteries battle battle of Copenhagen boats brave BRIGHT'S England British fleet Buonaparte Cadiz Capt Captain Collingwood command Commander-in-Chief conduct Copenhagen Corsica Court crew Danes Danish deck Dispatches Duke Earl St Egypt enemy enemy's England English exertions feelings fire flag force France FRANCIS STORR French fleet frigates Genoa Hardy hoisted honour hope Horatio Nelson hundred island July King Lady Hamilton Lady Nelson land letter Lieutenant Lord Hood Lord Nelson Malta Mediterranean Minorca Naples navy Neapolitan never occasion officers orders port present Prince prizes received replied Robert Calder Royal sail Sardinia seamen sent ships shoal shore shot Sicily siege signal Sir Hyde Sir John Orde soon Spain Spaniards Spanish squadron station taken thought took Toulon troops Troubridge vessels victory Vincent whole wind wounded