The Life of NelsonOxford University Press, 1911 - 287 страници |
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... batteries at Port Royal ; and I need not say , as this place was the key to the whole naval force , the town of Kingston , and Spanish Town , the defence of it was the most important post in the whole island . In January , 1780 , an ...
... batteries at Port Royal ; and I need not say , as this place was the key to the whole naval force , the town of Kingston , and Spanish Town , the defence of it was the most important post in the whole island . In January , 1780 , an ...
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... batteries of Fort Charles at 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 ...
... batteries of Fort Charles at 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 ...
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... battery , mounting nine or ten swivels , and manned with sixteen or eighteen men . It commanded the river in a rapid and difficult part of the navigation . Nelson , at the head of a few of his seamen , leaped upon the beach . The ground ...
... battery , mounting nine or ten swivels , and manned with sixteen or eighteen men . It commanded the river in a rapid and difficult part of the navigation . Nelson , at the head of a few of his seamen , leaped upon the beach . The ground ...
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... batteries on isles St. Honoré and St. Marguérite , and on Cape Garousse . Here the English admiral planned a new mode of attack , meaning to double on five of the nearest ships ; but the wind again died away , and it was found that they ...
... batteries on isles St. Honoré and St. Marguérite , and on Cape Garousse . Here the English admiral planned a new mode of attack , meaning to double on five of the nearest ships ; but the wind again died away , and it was found that they ...
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... battery . But the service was not less hard than that of the former siege . ' We will fag ourselves to death , " said ... batteries , mounted , and , all but three , fought by seamen , except one artillery - man to point the guns . " The ...
... battery . But the service was not less hard than that of the former siege . ' We will fag ourselves to death , " said ... batteries , mounted , and , all but three , fought by seamen , except one artillery - man to point the guns . " The ...
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action admiral admiralty afterwards Agamemnon anchor army arrived attack Austrian Bastia batteries battle battle of Trafalgar boats brave British fleet Buonaparte Cadiz Capt captain Collingwood command commander-in-chief conduct Copenhagen Corsica court crew Danes Danish deck dispatches Earl St Egypt enemy enemy's England English exertions expedition feelings fire flag force four France French frigates Genoa Genoese guns Hardy honour hope hundred island king Lady Hamilton land letter lieutenant Lord Hood Malta Mediterranean Minorca Naples naval navy Neapolitan Nelson never occasion officers orders passed port possession present prince prizes received replied Robert Calder royal sail Sardinia seamen sent seventy-four ships shoal shore shot siege signal Sir Hyde Sir John Orde Sir William Hamilton soon Spaniards Spanish spirit squadron station struck suffered taken thought thousand took Toulon troops Trowbridge vessels victory Vincent whole wind wish wounded