The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Year MDCCLXXXIII to MDCCCXXII.C. Rice, 1825 |
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... batteries and gun - boats ; but were soon got afloat . The Dictator and Calypso coming down the channel with the prizes , were once more at- tacked by a fresh set of gun - boats , whose fire came from behind some rocks , on which the ...
... batteries and gun - boats ; but were soon got afloat . The Dictator and Calypso coming down the channel with the prizes , were once more at- tacked by a fresh set of gun - boats , whose fire came from behind some rocks , on which the ...
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... batteries . The Griffon had only then , under a press of sail , been able to get into action : she came up and drove the other brig on shore in St. Aubin's bay , after which , Captain Harvey made her signal to attack the enemy in the ...
... batteries . The Griffon had only then , under a press of sail , been able to get into action : she came up and drove the other brig on shore in St. Aubin's bay , after which , Captain Harvey made her signal to attack the enemy in the ...
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... batteries . Captain Harvey was promoted to the rank of post- captain for this action , and honoured with the rib- bon of companion of the Bath . Captain Trollope received similar marks of approbation . The Apelles and Skylark , brigs of ...
... batteries . Captain Harvey was promoted to the rank of post- captain for this action , and honoured with the rib- bon of companion of the Bath . Captain Trollope received similar marks of approbation . The Apelles and Skylark , brigs of ...
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... batteries of four guns . The booms were soon destroyed , and as the gun - boats came up to the works , the enemy fled , leaving four twenty - four pounders . The English boats were always in : advance : they took possession of Mittau on ...
... batteries of four guns . The booms were soon destroyed , and as the gun - boats came up to the works , the enemy fled , leaving four twenty - four pounders . The English boats were always in : advance : they took possession of Mittau on ...
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... battery on the peninsula opened a heavy fire from great guns and mortars : every shot struck her , while the ship was beating to pieces on the rocks , and the people , with scarcely a hope of escaping to the shore , were exposed at once ...
... battery on the peninsula opened a heavy fire from great guns and mortars : every shot struck her , while the ship was beating to pieces on the rocks , and the people , with scarcely a hope of escaping to the shore , were exposed at once ...
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action Admiralty Alceste Algiers Allies American anchor Arethuse arms army arrived attack Bart batteries Bellerophon boats Bonaparte brig Britain British Captain Maxwell Captain Usher captured carronades Chesapeake coast Colonel command Commander-in-chief Commodore conduct convoy crew destroyed eighteen guns embarked enemy enemy's England fire flag fleet flotilla force four France French frigate gallant garrison Guerrière gun-boats gun-brig harbour hoisted honour Hotham hundred island Java killed King land Lieutenant Lord Lord Exmouth Lord Keith Lordship loss Majesty Majesty's Major-general marines month Naples Napoleon naval navy officers orders peace port pound carronades Prince Regent prisoners Rear-admiral received returned river Rowley Royal Highness Russia sail schooner seamen sent seventy-four guns ship shore shot Sir Alexander Cochrane Sir George Sir James Sir James Leith Sir Thomas Hardy sloop sloop of war Spain squadron surrendered tain taken thousand took troops twenty vessels Vice-admiral whole wind wounded
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Seite 229 - The child was sent off next morning by the Dey, and as a solitary instance of his humanity, it ought to be recorded by me.
Seite 230 - I had assigned to him, and soon after, at intervals, the remainder of his frigates keeping up a wellsupported fire on the flanking batteries he had offered to cover us from, as it had not been in my power, for want of room, to bring him in the front of the mole.
Seite 346 - Lieutenant and you are your self to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from time to time receive from Me or...
Seite 210 - Je proteste solennellement ici, à la face du ciel et des hommes , contre la violence qui m'est faite , contre la violation de mes droits les plus sacrés, en disposant, par la force, de ma personne et de ma liberté.
Seite 307 - Hay with the only musket in the boat, and, as they closed nearer, the Malays commenced throwing their javelins and darts, several falling into the barge, but without wounding any of the men. Soon after they were grappled by our fellows, when three of them having been shot, and a fourth knocked down with the...
Seite 162 - ... been removed from Alexandria since the 19th instant, to be included in the above article. 6. Refreshments of every description to be supplied to the ships, and paid for at the market price, by bills on the British government; 7. Officers will be...
Seite 210 - ... ordres du gouvernement de me recevoir et de me conduire en Angleterre avec ma suite si cela m'était agréable. Je me suis présenté de bonne foi pour venir me mettre sous la protection des lois de l'Angleterre.
Seite 162 - Articles Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are strictly complied with ; and any deviation or non-compliance on the part of the inhabitants of Alexandria will render this treaty null and void.
Seite 232 - ... forbidden, was led by his ardent spirit, to follow in support of the barge, in which he was desperately wounded, his brother officer killed, and nine of his crew. The barge, by rowing more rapidly, had suffered less, and lost but two. " The enemy's batteries around my division were about ten o'clock silenced, and in a state...
Seite 230 - ... near the mole by the captain of the port, who, on being told the answer was expected in one hour, replied, that it was impossible : the officer then said he would wait two or three hours ; he then observed two hours was quite sufficient. The fleet at this time, by the springing up of the sea-breeze, had...