The Life of NelsonClarke, Beeton and Company, 1885 - 261 страници |
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... Battle off Cape St. Vincent - Nelson commands the Inner Squadron at the Blockade of Cadiz - Boat - action in the Bay of Cadiz - Expedition against Teneriffe --Nelson loses an Arm - His Sufferings in England and Recovery • CHAPTER V ...
... Battle off Cape St. Vincent - Nelson commands the Inner Squadron at the Blockade of Cadiz - Boat - action in the Bay of Cadiz - Expedition against Teneriffe --Nelson loses an Arm - His Sufferings in England and Recovery • CHAPTER V ...
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... battle , pleading ill - health . " From that moment , " says Nelson , " not a soldier stayed at his post - it was the devil take the hindmost . Many thousands ran away who had never seen the enemy ; some of them thirty miles from the ...
... battle , pleading ill - health . " From that moment , " says Nelson , " not a soldier stayed at his post - it was the devil take the hindmost . Many thousands ran away who had never seen the enemy ; some of them thirty miles from the ...
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... battle , Sir John Jervis , by carrying a press of sail , came up with them , passed through their fleet , then tacked , and thus cut off nine of their ships from the main body . These ships attempted to form on the larboard tack ...
... battle , Sir John Jervis , by carrying a press of sail , came up with them , passed through their fleet , then tacked , and thus cut off nine of their ships from the main body . These ships attempted to form on the larboard tack ...
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Robert Southey. THE BATTLE OF ST . VINCENT . 85 called " this apparently but not really unequal contest " -such was the advantage of skill and discipline , and the confidence which brave men derive from them . The Blenheim , then passing ...
Robert Southey. THE BATTLE OF ST . VINCENT . 85 called " this apparently but not really unequal contest " -such was the advantage of skill and discipline , and the confidence which brave men derive from them . The Blenheim , then passing ...
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... battle than that of the illustrious commander - in - chief , who derives from it so deservedly his title . No man , " he says , " ever less needed , or less desired , to strip a single leaf from the honoured wreath of any other hero ...
... battle than that of the illustrious commander - in - chief , who derives from it so deservedly his title . No man , " he says , " ever less needed , or less desired , to strip a single leaf from the honoured wreath of any other hero ...
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