The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Year MDCCLXXXIII to MDCCCXXII.C. Rice, 1825 |
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... never so effective as our own . Thus while the enemy's marine decreased in strength , and her commerce disappeared , the duties of the blockade , for these very reasons , became more tedi- ous , holding out no prospect of either honour ...
... never so effective as our own . Thus while the enemy's marine decreased in strength , and her commerce disappeared , the duties of the blockade , for these very reasons , became more tedi- ous , holding out no prospect of either honour ...
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... never reduced to practice ; the small quantity procured could not have reimbursed the projector , nor supplied a thousandth part of the public demand . But that which keenly mortified Napoleon was the conviction , that France alone was ...
... never reduced to practice ; the small quantity procured could not have reimbursed the projector , nor supplied a thousandth part of the public demand . But that which keenly mortified Napoleon was the conviction , that France alone was ...
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... never very scrupu- lous on the article of neutrality . He landed about one thousand two hundred prisoners in the month of December , at the isle of Aix , after a cruise of one hundred and sixty - one days , during which the value of ...
... never very scrupu- lous on the article of neutrality . He landed about one thousand two hundred prisoners in the month of December , at the isle of Aix , after a cruise of one hundred and sixty - one days , during which the value of ...
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... never was able to elude the vigilance of our fleets , and escape by sea from that port . He went some time after by land to Toulon , where he took the command ; and , although he did get to sea from thence , never did any thing worthy ...
... never was able to elude the vigilance of our fleets , and escape by sea from that port . He went some time after by land to Toulon , where he took the command ; and , although he did get to sea from thence , never did any thing worthy ...
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... never was the British fleet in every respect better officered , manned , and equipped . In our account of the Naval transactions of the preceding year , we left the French Admiral Linois off the Cape of Good Hope , after his ...
... never was the British fleet in every respect better officered , manned , and equipped . In our account of the Naval transactions of the preceding year , we left the French Admiral Linois off the Cape of Good Hope , after his ...
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action Admiral anchored arms army arrived artillery attack batteries blockade boats Bonaparte brig Britain British squadron Cadiz Cape capitulation Captain captured carronades chase coast Cochrane command Commodore convoy corvette crew Curaçoa Danish defence destroyed detached Dutch eight eighteen enemy enemy's England fell fire five flag fleet flotilla force four France frigate gallant Gambier garrison gun-boats gun-brigs harbour honour hundred island John Duckworth killed land Lieutenant Lord Lord Cochrane Lord Gambier Lordship Majesty Majesty's mand marines Martinique minister mounted Napoleon naval navy Nereide night o'clock officers port possession pounders prisoners Rear-admiral Rear-admiral Sir received retreat returned Richard Strachan river royal royal marines Russia Russian sail Scheldt seamen sent seventy-four guns ships shore shot Sir Home Popham Sir John sloop sloop of war soon Spain Spaniards Spanish surrender taken thirty-six guns thousand took town troops vessels Vice-admiral whole wind wounded
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84 ページ - The very head and front of my offending Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech, And little bless'd with the set phrase of peace ; For since these arms of mine had seven years...
9 ページ - The establishment of the independence of the republics of Holland and Switzerland. The re-establishment of the king of Sardinia, in Piedmont, with as large an augmentation of territory as circumstances would permit.
107 ページ - His Majesty had received the most positive information of the determination of the present ruler of France, to occupy with a military force the territory of Holstein, for the purpose of excluding Great Britain from...
312 ページ - Zierickzee ; and earnestly intreat that other means may be adopted for supplying the army and navy from England, as I apprehend all the water in this island will be spoiled by the inundation, and that there is not more in the other islands than is necessary for the subsistence of the inhabitants. Their Lordships must be aware that in this extensive and complicated service, it is impossible for me to enter so fully into...
216 ページ - ... French government, in order to usurp to itself the Continent, was also brought forward for the contemplation of the North, for the sake of extending, even to that part of the world, the oppression and misery which, from port to port, from state to state, Europe had been subjected to. No government is any longer left to its own light and experience; no people to their own lawful industry ; no middle class must be acknowledged between the vassal and the enemy.
418 ページ - Majesty has not marked with any expression of his displeasure the conduct of Mr. Jackson, whose integrity, zeal, and ability have long been distinguished in his Majesty's service...
546 ページ - SIR, — It is with much pleasure I have to acquaint you, that after an action of six hours, we have completely defeated the combined French and Italian squadrons, consisting of five frigates, one corvette, one brig, two schooners, one gun-boat, and one xebec : the force opposed to them was his majesty's ships Amphion, Active, Cerberus, and Volage.
193 ページ - ... access, forced their way into the town. Cannon were placed at the head of the principal streets, and their fire, for a short time, was destructive: but the Troops advanced in all directions, clearing the streets and batteries with their bayonets, and overturning their cannon.
84 ページ - Court is further of opinion, that the conduct of the said Captain Sir Home Popham, in the withdrawing the whole of the naval force under his command from the Cape of Good Hope, and the proceeding with it to the Rio de la Plata, was highly censurable; but in consideration of circumstances doth adjudge him to be only severely reprimanded; and the said Captain Sir Home Popham is hereby severely reprimanded accordingly.
146 ページ - ... the strength of the current from the Bosphorus, with the circuitous eddies of the port, rendered it impracticable to place ships for an attack without a commanding breeze ; which, during the ten days I was off the town, it was not my good fortune to meet with. I now come to the point of explaining to your Lordship the motives which fixed me to decide in...