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Nelson himself was saved by a timely removal . In a few days after the
commencement of the siege he was seized with the prevailing dysentery ;
meantime Capt . Glover ( son of the author of Leonidas ) died , and Nelson was
appointed to ...
Nelson himself was saved by a timely removal . In a few days after the
commencement of the siege he was seized with the prevailing dysentery ;
meantime Capt . Glover ( son of the author of Leonidas ) died , and Nelson was
appointed to ...
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Nelson who had many times been supposed to be consumptive when in the West
Indies , and perhaps was saved from consumption by that climate , was still in a
precarious state of health ; and the raw wet weather of one of our ungenial ...
Nelson who had many times been supposed to be consumptive when in the West
Indies , and perhaps was saved from consumption by that climate , was still in a
precarious state of health ; and the raw wet weather of one of our ungenial ...
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Upon this Nelson bore away , and prepared to set all sail ; and the enemy ,
having saved their ship , hauled close to the wind , and opened upon him a
distant and ineffectual fire . Only seven of the Agamemnon's men were hurt - a
thing which ...
Upon this Nelson bore away , and prepared to set all sail ; and the enemy ,
having saved their ship , hauled close to the wind , and opened upon him a
distant and ineffectual fire . Only seven of the Agamemnon's men were hurt - a
thing which ...
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Admiral Hotham's action saved Corsica for the time ; but the victory had been
incomplete , and the arrival at Toulon of six sail of the line , two frigates , and two
cutters from Brest , gave the French a superiority which , had they known how to
use ...
Admiral Hotham's action saved Corsica for the time ; but the victory had been
incomplete , and the arrival at Toulon of six sail of the line , two frigates , and two
cutters from Brest , gave the French a superiority which , had they known how to
use ...
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... could be saved . The Agamemnon , and Captain Rowley , in the Cumberland ,
were just getting into close action a second time , when the admiral called them
off , the wind now blowing directly into the gulf of Frejus , where the enemy 1795.
... could be saved . The Agamemnon , and Captain Rowley , in the Cumberland ,
were just getting into close action a second time , when the admiral called them
off , the wind now blowing directly into the gulf of Frejus , where the enemy 1795.
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