The Life of NelsonAmalgamated Press, 1905 - 334 страници |
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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 ...
... 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 ...
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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. Honore and St. Marguerite , 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. Honore and St. Marguerite , 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 he ... batteries , mounted , and , all but three , fought by seamen , except one artilleryman 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 he ... batteries , mounted , and , all but three , fought by seamen , except one artilleryman to point the guns . ' The ...
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... battery , pursued them , silenced the batteries , and captured the whole . Military books , plans , and maps of Italy , with the different points marked upon them where former battles had been fought , sent by the directory for ...
... battery , pursued them , silenced the batteries , and captured the whole . Military books , plans , and maps of Italy , with the different points marked upon them where former battles had been fought , sent by the directory for ...
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