The British trident; or, Register of naval actions, from ... the Spanish armada to the present time, 第 6 巻1809 |
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... squadron , under Sir Home Fop- ham , which were to silence the batteries on that face , so as to enable our troops to land and enter . The at- tempt was accordingly commenced , on the 28th , by the navy ; but the water proving too ...
... squadron , under Sir Home Fop- ham , which were to silence the batteries on that face , so as to enable our troops to land and enter . The at- tempt was accordingly commenced , on the 28th , by the navy ; but the water proving too ...
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... squadron was exceedingly suc- cessful , in the number of captures which it made , in the year 1806. In July , the Greyhound , Captain Elphin- stone , in company with the Harrier sloop , Captain Troubridge , were particularly active . On ...
... squadron was exceedingly suc- cessful , in the number of captures which it made , in the year 1806. In July , the Greyhound , Captain Elphin- stone , in company with the Harrier sloop , Captain Troubridge , were particularly active . On ...
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... squadron ) immediately drew out in order of battle , on the larboard tack , under their topsails ; the frigate taking her station in the van , an armed ship astern of her , the large ship in the centre , and the corvette in the rear ...
... squadron ) immediately drew out in order of battle , on the larboard tack , under their topsails ; the frigate taking her station in the van , an armed ship astern of her , the large ship in the centre , and the corvette in the rear ...
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... squadron were dispersed . Three of them , all of the line , endeavoured to make the Chesapeak , but Sir R. Strachan's squadron coming up at the time , the Bellona and Belleisle fell in with L'Impetueux , and , after a runing fight ...
... squadron were dispersed . Three of them , all of the line , endeavoured to make the Chesapeak , but Sir R. Strachan's squadron coming up at the time , the Bellona and Belleisle fell in with L'Impetueux , and , after a runing fight ...
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... squadron , by Sir Sidney Smith - Loss of the Ajax - Naval action between the Turks and Russians - Trial of Sir Home Popham Failure of the Buenos Ayres expedition- Hostility of the Americans - Action between the Leander and Chesapeak ...
... squadron , by Sir Sidney Smith - Loss of the Ajax - Naval action between the Turks and Russians - Trial of Sir Home Popham Failure of the Buenos Ayres expedition- Hostility of the Americans - Action between the Leander and Chesapeak ...
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action Admiral Admiralty anchor anchorage arms army arrived attack Basque Roads batteries battle ships boats bomb brig Britain Britannic Majesty British Buenos Ayres Caledonia Cape Captain capture castles coast commander in chief conduct Court crew Danish Dardanelles deck defence destroyed dispatches effect embarked enemy enemy's ships engagement England English exertions expedition fire fire-ships flag fleet force four France French frigate gallant garrison gun-boats guns half past harbour honour immediately Imperieuse island killed and wounded land letter Lieutenant Lieutenant-General line of battle Lord Cochrane Lord Gambier Lordship loss Majesty's ship marines masts miles morning naval night o'clock officers peace of Tilsit port possession prisoners proceeded Rear-Admiral received regiment returned river Royal Russian sail schooner seamen sent shore shot signal Sir Home Popham sloop soon Spanish squadron surrender Tenedos tion took town troops Turkish Turks vessels Warren Hastings whole wind
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174 ページ - Majesty's pacific negotiations with other Powers. It never will be endured by His Majesty that any Government shall indemnify itself for the humiliation of subserviency to France, by the adoption of an insulting and peremptory tone towards Great Britain. His Majesty...
131 ページ - Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that no vessel shall be permitted to trade from one port to another, both which ports shall belong to, or be in the possession of France or her allies, or shall be so far under their control as that British vessels may not freely trade thereat...
115 ページ - ... no instance of punishment for past wrongs has taken place. At length, a deed, transcending all we have hitherto seen or suffered, brings the public sensibility to a serious crisis, and our forbearance to a necessary pause. A frigate of the United States, trusting to a state of peace, and leaving her...
165 ページ - Russian empire, would have induced his imperial majesty to extricate himselffrom the embarrassment of those new counsels and connections which he had adopted in a moment of despondency and alarm, and to return to a policy more congenial to the principles which he has so invariably professed, and more conducive to the honour of his crown, and to the prosperity of his dominions.
171 ページ - Russia might entertain of the transactions at Copenhagen could be such as to preclude His Imperial Majesty from undertaking, at the request of Great Britain, that same office of mediator, which he had assumed with so much alacrity on the behalf of France. Nor can His Majesty forget that the first symptoms of reviving confidence, since the Peace of Tilsit, the only prospect of success in the endeavours of His Majesty's Ambassador to restore the ancient good understanding between Great Britain and...
114 ページ - ... have observed with good faith the neutrality they assumed, and they believe that no instance of a departure from its duties can be justly imputed to them by any nation.
61 ページ - They opened their fire on our ships as they continued to pass in succession, although I was happy in observing that the very spirited return it met with had so considerably diminished its force, that the effect on the sternmost ships could not have been so severe.
167 ページ - Russia, and solely for the purpose of maintaining Russian interests against the influence of France. If, however, the peace of Tilsit is indeed to be considered as the consequence and the punishment of the imputed inactivity of Great Britain, his majesty cannot but regret that the emperor of Russia should have resorted to so precipitate and fatal a measure, at the moment when he had received distinct assurances, that his majesty was making the most strenuous exertions to fulfil the wishes and expectations...
135 ページ - We come therefore to your shores, inhabitants of Zealand ! not as enemies, but in self-defence, to prevent those who have so long disturbed the peace of Europe, from compelling the force of your navy to be turned against us.
115 ページ - ... Hospitality under such circumstances ceases to be a duty, and a continuance of it with such uncontrolled abuses would tend only by multiplying injuries and irritations, to bring on a rupture between the two nations. This extreme resort is equally opposed to the interests of both, as it is to assurances of the most friendly dispositions on the part of the British Government, in the midst of which this outrage has been committed.