The Naval Chronicle, Volumen17James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones J. Gold, 1807 Contains a general and biographical history of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, with a variety of original papers on nautical subjects, under the guidance of several literary and professional men. |
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... armed brig Grenada , being the third which that officer had taken in the course of three weeks , ( page 158 . ) — III . Cap- tain Waldegrave's chase of eleven of the enemy's privateers in the Straits of Gibraltar , by His Majesty's ...
... armed brig Grenada , being the third which that officer had taken in the course of three weeks , ( page 158 . ) — III . Cap- tain Waldegrave's chase of eleven of the enemy's privateers in the Straits of Gibraltar , by His Majesty's ...
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... armed vessels captured and destroyed by the squadron on the Jamaica sta- tion , from January 1 , 1806 , to January 1 , 1807 , ( page 254 . ) - VII . Account of the spirit and gallantry that were displayed by the officers and men in the ...
... armed vessels captured and destroyed by the squadron on the Jamaica sta- tion , from January 1 , 1806 , to January 1 , 1807 , ( page 254 . ) - VII . Account of the spirit and gallantry that were displayed by the officers and men in the ...
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... armed with pikes , but surrounded by some thousands of Spaniards . Their situation was most criti- cal . It was dark ; and , for the present , the enemy were kept in check , from not being acquainted with the position , or number , of ...
... armed with pikes , but surrounded by some thousands of Spaniards . Their situation was most criti- cal . It was dark ; and , for the present , the enemy were kept in check , from not being acquainted with the position , or number , of ...
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... armed with muskets and sabres it seems they had taken this precaution , lest we had deceived them by our story ; but when they saw us naked , almost frozen , and objects of pity rather than fear , they put down their arms , and paid us ...
... armed with muskets and sabres it seems they had taken this precaution , lest we had deceived them by our story ; but when they saw us naked , almost frozen , and objects of pity rather than fear , they put down their arms , and paid us ...
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... armed cutter Alert , ) pierced for fourteen guns , but now mounting seven , of different calibres , forty - two and twenty- four pound brass carronades , and seventy men : four days from Morlaix , without making a capture . I have , & c ...
... armed cutter Alert , ) pierced for fourteen guns , but now mounting seven , of different calibres , forty - two and twenty- four pound brass carronades , and seventy men : four days from Morlaix , without making a capture . I have , & c ...
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