Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain: From the Year 1727, to the Present Time, Band 2J. Strachan, 1790 - 436 Seiten |
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... cannon ; had also , by the position of his forces , prevented the Mahrattas from ob- taining poffeffion of the place in a clandeftine manner . That fuch was their intention , there is no manner of doubt ; as they made an offer of fifty ...
... cannon ; had also , by the position of his forces , prevented the Mahrattas from ob- taining poffeffion of the place in a clandeftine manner . That fuch was their intention , there is no manner of doubt ; as they made an offer of fifty ...
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... cannon , fix brafs mortars , a large quantity of ftores and ammunition , together with 100,000 1 . Sterling in rupees , and about thirty thousand more in valuable effects . Probably , however , this freebooter had either concealed or ...
... cannon , fix brafs mortars , a large quantity of ftores and ammunition , together with 100,000 1 . Sterling in rupees , and about thirty thousand more in valuable effects . Probably , however , this freebooter had either concealed or ...
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... cannon , nine or twelve pounders , which point forward through port - holes cut in the bulkhead , and fire over the prow . The cannon of the broadfide are from fix to nine pounders . The gallivats are large row - boats , built like ...
... cannon , nine or twelve pounders , which point forward through port - holes cut in the bulkhead , and fire over the prow . The cannon of the broadfide are from fix to nine pounders . The gallivats are large row - boats , built like ...
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... cannon being on board of one , the gun- powder on board of another ; fo that , if any one of this fleet was loft or taken , it rendered what remained of no fort of use . This being rectified , he failed from Spithead the 20th of May ...
... cannon being on board of one , the gun- powder on board of another ; fo that , if any one of this fleet was loft or taken , it rendered what remained of no fort of use . This being rectified , he failed from Spithead the 20th of May ...
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... cannon , twenty - four pounders , and twenty - two mor- tars ; and beginning to be apprehenfive , left Admiral Byng should return reinforced , and relieve the place when on the point of furrendering , they prepared to storm it . They ac ...
... cannon , twenty - four pounders , and twenty - two mor- tars ; and beginning to be apprehenfive , left Admiral Byng should return reinforced , and relieve the place when on the point of furrendering , they prepared to storm it . They ac ...
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Admiral Byng Admiral Hawke Admiral Holburne affiftance againſt army artillery attack batteries boats Bofcawen Breft Britiſh cannon Capt Captain cloſe coaft Colonel command Commodore confequence confiderable confifted cruize defign deftroyed detachment diſpatched ditto enemy enemy's faid fail fame fecond fent fervice feven feveral fhall fhips fhore fhot fhould fide fiege fignal fire firſt fituation fleet floop fmall foldiers fome foon force fquadron French frigates ftation ftores fuccefs fuch fufficient fuperior fupplies furrender garrifon Gibraltar Governor greateſt Guadaloupe guns harbour himſelf honour Houſe hundred iſland killed King laft land Lieutenant lofs Lord Majefty Majefty's meaſure Minorca moft moſt neceffary occafion officers paffed poffeffion poffible poft Pondicherry port prefent prifoners privateer Quebec Rear-Admiral refolved regiment river ſent ſhall ſhe ſhips Sir Edward Hawke ſmall St Malo ſtrong ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand took town tranfports troops veffels Vice-Admiral Weft wounded