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... fire , owing to the carelessness of the steward , who went down into the after - hold with a candle for the purpose of stealing rum . No sooner did Nelson perceive the state of the Glasgow than he hastened to the spot with his boats ...
... fire , owing to the carelessness of the steward , who went down into the after - hold with a candle for the purpose of stealing rum . No sooner did Nelson perceive the state of the Glasgow than he hastened to the spot with his boats ...
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... fire . The ground was so muddy that he lost his shoes , and had some diffi- culty in extricating himself . He advanced , however , barefooted , and , to use his own expression , " boarded the battery . " The hardihood of the attempt ...
... fire . The ground was so muddy that he lost his shoes , and had some diffi- culty in extricating himself . He advanced , however , barefooted , and , to use his own expression , " boarded the battery . " The hardihood of the attempt ...
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... fire from a battery of two guns , from which they were soon dislodged by the Agamemnon ; a fire of shot and shells was then commenced from the town , but without doing the ship any damage of consequence ; at the same time her guns were ...
... fire from a battery of two guns , from which they were soon dislodged by the Agamemnon ; a fire of shot and shells was then commenced from the town , but without doing the ship any damage of consequence ; at the same time her guns were ...
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... passed us to leeward , standing for the fleet . As we drew up with the enemy , so true did the Ca - Ira fire her stern guns that not a Nelson's Narrative of the Action with the French . shot 104 [ 1795 . LIFE OF NELSON .
... passed us to leeward , standing for the fleet . As we drew up with the enemy , so true did the Ca - Ira fire her stern guns that not a Nelson's Narrative of the Action with the French . shot 104 [ 1795 . LIFE OF NELSON .
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... fire a few minutes sooner than I wished ; for it had been my intention to have touched her stern before a shot was fired . But , seeing plainly , from the situation of the two fleets , the impossibility of being supported , and , in ...
... fire a few minutes sooner than I wished ; for it had been my intention to have touched her stern before a shot was fired . But , seeing plainly , from the situation of the two fleets , the impossibility of being supported , and , in ...
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Aboukir action admiral admiral's Admiralty afterwards Agamemnon anchor appointed army arrival attack Bastia batteries Battle of Aboukir Battle of Copenhagen boats brave British fleet Burnham Thorpe Cadiz Captain Locker Captain Nelson command commander-in-chief commodore Corsica crew Culloden Danish deck despatched enemy enemy's fleet engaged England English fire flag force French French fleet frigates gallant Genoa guns Hardy hoisted honour hope Horatio immediately island joined king Lady Hamilton Lady Nelson larboard letter lieutenant line of battle Lord Hood Lord Nelson lordship majesty Malta Mediterranean Merton mind Minorca Naples naval navy Neapolitan never night officers Palermo passed port present Prince prizes rear-admiral received replied royal sail says seamen sent ships shore shot signal Sir William Hamilton soon Spanish squadron station struck Swiftsure taken tion Toulon troops Vanguard vessels Victory Vincent West Indies wind wish wounded writing wrote
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 448 - Hamilton therefore a legacy to my king and country, that they will give her an ample provision to maintain her rank in life. 'I also leave to the beneficence of my country my adopted daughter, Horatia Nelson Thompson; and I desire she will use in future the name of Nelson only. 'These are the only favours I ask of my king and country, at this moment when I am going to fight their battle. May God bless my king and country, and all those I hold dear! My relations it is needless to mention: they will,...
Seite 448 - Could I have rewarded these services, I would not now call upon my country; but as that has not been in my power, I leave Emma Lady Hamilton therefore a legacy to my king and country, that they will give her an ample provision to maintain her rank in life. 'I also leave to the beneficence of my country my adopted daughter, Horatia Nelson Thompson; and I desire she will use in future the name of Nelson only.
Seite 16 - What," said he in his answer, "has poor Horatio done, who is so weak, that he, above all the rest, should be sent to rough it out at sea ? But let him come, and the first time we go into action a cannon-ball may knock off his head, and provide for him at once.
Seite 97 - One hundred and ten days," said he, " I have been actually engaged, at sea and on shore, against the enemy ; three actions against ships, two against Bastia in my ship, four boat actions, and two villages taken, and twelve sail of vessels burnt. I do not know that any one has done more. I have had the comfort to be always applauded by my...
Seite 315 - Lord Nelson has been commanded to spare Denmark when she no longer resists. The line of defence which covered her shores has struck to the British flag ; but if the firing is continued on the part of Denmark, he must set on fire all the prizes that he has taken, without having the power of saving the men who have so nobly defended them. The brave Danes are the brothers, and should never be the enemies, of the English.
Seite 438 - The Second in Command will, after my intentions are made known to him, have the entire direction of his Line to make the attack upon the Enemy, and to follow up the blow until they are captured or destroyed.
Seite 275 - To say that an officer is never, for any object, to alter his orders, is what I cannot comprehend. The circumstances of this war so often vary, that an officer has almost every moment to consider, What would my superiors direct did they know what is passing under my nose? But, sir," said he, writing to the Duke of Clarence, "I find few think as I do.
Seite 162 - The height of glory to which your professional judgment, united with a proper degree of bravery, guarded by Providence, has raised you, few sons, my dear child, attain to, and fewer fathers live to see. Tears of joy have involuntarily trickled down my furrowed cheeks.
Seite 161 - ... on the quarter-deck of a Spanish first-rate, extravagant as the story may seem, did I receive the swords of vanquished Spaniards ; which, as I received, I gave to William Fearney, one of my bargemen, who put them, with the greatest sangfroid, under his arm.
Seite 428 - ... and our ships would give a good account of them, should they persist in mixing with our ships. The other mode would be, to stand under an easy but commanding sail, directly for their headmost ship, so as to prevent the enemy from knowing whether I should pass to leeward or to windward of him.