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... of Amiens - Nelson takes the command in the Mediterranean on the renewal of
the War -Escape of the Toulon Fleet - Nelson chases them to the West Indies and
back - Delivers up his Squadron to Admiral Cornwallis , and lands in England .
... of Amiens - Nelson takes the command in the Mediterranean on the renewal of
the War -Escape of the Toulon Fleet - Nelson chases them to the West Indies and
back - Delivers up his Squadron to Admiral Cornwallis , and lands in England .
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He threw in the stores which he had thus fraudulently obtained : but he did not
dare to land ; for Genoa had now called in the French to their assistance , and a
price had been set upon his head . His dreams of royalty were now at an end : he
...
He threw in the stores which he had thus fraudulently obtained : but he did not
dare to land ; for Genoa had now called in the French to their assistance , and a
price had been set upon his head . His dreams of royalty were now at an end : he
...
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Paoli now opened a correspondence with Lord Hood , promising , if the English
would make an attack upon St. Fiorenzo from the sea , he would , at the same
time , attack it by land . This promise he was unable to perform : and Commodore
...
Paoli now opened a correspondence with Lord Hood , promising , if the English
would make an attack upon St. Fiorenzo from the sea , he would , at the same
time , attack it by land . This promise he was unable to perform : and Commodore
...
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Lord Hood submitted to General Dundas , who commanded the land forces , a
plan for the reduction of this place : the general declined cooperating , thinking
the attempt impracticable , without a reinforcement of two thousand men , which
he ...
Lord Hood submitted to General Dundas , who commanded the land forces , a
plan for the reduction of this place : the general declined cooperating , thinking
the attempt impracticable , without a reinforcement of two thousand men , which
he ...
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With a mind thus prepared , and thus confident , his hopes and wishes seemed
on the point of being gratified , when the enemy were discovered close under the
land , near St. Tropez . The wind fell , and prevented Lord Hood from getting ...
With a mind thus prepared , and thus confident , his hopes and wishes seemed
on the point of being gratified , when the enemy were discovered close under the
land , near St. Tropez . The wind fell , and prevented Lord Hood from getting ...
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