The Life of NelsonClarke, Beeton and Company, 1885 - 261 страници |
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... fire ; for it became liquid when it was discharged , and water would not extinguish its flames . This combustible was concealed with great care in the captured ships : like the red - hot shot , it had been found useless in battle ...
... fire ; for it became liquid when it was discharged , and water would not extinguish its flames . This combustible was concealed with great care in the captured ships : like the red - hot shot , it had been found useless in battle ...
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... fire , and the unhappy crew experienced how far more perilous their inventions were to themselves than to their enemies . So rapid was the conflagration that the French , in their official account , say the hull , the masts , and sails ...
... fire , and the unhappy crew experienced how far more perilous their inventions were to themselves than to their enemies . So rapid was the conflagration that the French , in their official account , say the hull , the masts , and sails ...
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... fire to bear upon the Austrians . It so happened , however , that the left flank , which was exposed to them , was the only part of the army that behaved well ; this division stood its ground till the centre and the right wing fled ...
... fire to bear upon the Austrians . It so happened , however , that the left flank , which was exposed to them , was the only part of the army that behaved well ; this division stood its ground till the centre and the right wing fled ...
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... fire . Upon this the very sentinels scampered off , and every vessel came out of the mole . A shipowner complained to the commodore that the municipality refused to let him take his goods out of the custom - house . Nelson directed him ...
... fire . Upon this the very sentinels scampered off , and every vessel came out of the mole . A shipowner complained to the commodore that the municipality refused to let him take his goods out of the custom - house . Nelson directed him ...
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... fire upon the Spaniards . The Salvador del Mundo and San Isidro dropped astern , and were fired into , in a masterly style , by the Excellent , Captain Collingwood . The San Isidro struck ; and Nelson thought that the Salvador struck ...
... fire upon the Spaniards . The Salvador del Mundo and San Isidro dropped astern , and were fired into , in a masterly style , by the Excellent , Captain Collingwood . The San Isidro struck ; and Nelson thought that the Salvador struck ...
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