Chronological History of the West Indies, Band 2Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1827 |
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... side , which commanded the passage from the wood to the town . The exceeding distress for water , and the fatigue and losses of the army , induced the general to retreat to the river , where pre- parations were made to advance again ...
... side , which commanded the passage from the wood to the town . The exceeding distress for water , and the fatigue and losses of the army , induced the general to retreat to the river , where pre- parations were made to advance again ...
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... side thereof , the day fol- lowing , came to an anchor in a spacious harbour , " called also Jamaica . " The troops were soon landed , without the loss of a The Spaniards , after a few shot , retreated to Oristano , an unfortified town ...
... side thereof , the day fol- lowing , came to an anchor in a spacious harbour , " called also Jamaica . " The troops were soon landed , without the loss of a The Spaniards , after a few shot , retreated to Oristano , an unfortified town ...
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... side some or other of our plantations . " He adds , that he could help Thurlow to two or three hundred at twenty - four hours ' warning , and the countries would think themselves well rid of them . Mr. Long says , " considering ...
... side some or other of our plantations . " He adds , that he could help Thurlow to two or three hundred at twenty - four hours ' warning , and the countries would think themselves well rid of them . Mr. Long says , " considering ...
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... side . The ball passed through him , and M. de Maubray would have finished him with his pistol , but the savage avoided him , and threw himself into the sea , with his bow and arrows , where all the others , even the wounded , followed ...
... side . The ball passed through him , and M. de Maubray would have finished him with his pistol , but the savage avoided him , and threw himself into the sea , with his bow and arrows , where all the others , even the wounded , followed ...
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... side , and entrenched themselves . Twelve days elapsed before the governor , Colonel d'Oyley , knew of their landing , and six weeks more before he could approach them by sea : at the end of that time , he , with 750 picked men ...
... side , and entrenched themselves . Twelve days elapsed before the governor , Colonel d'Oyley , knew of their landing , and six weeks more before he could approach them by sea : at the end of that time , he , with 750 picked men ...
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Admiral afterwards anchored Annual Register ANSW Antigua appointed arms arrived Assembly attack Barbadoes batteries Beatson's Memoirs boats Bolinbroke's Voyage Britain Britannic Majesty British buccaneers Cape François capitulation Captain Caribs carried Catholic Majesty Charlevoix Christopher's Coke's West Indies Colonel colonies command Commodore Company crew declared destroyed Domingo Dominica Dutch enemy England English Eustatia fire fleet Fort Royal France French frigates garrison governor governor of Jamaica granted Grenada Guadaloupe guns harbour houses Indians inhabitants island of St killed King landed leeward lesdits livres Long's Jamaica Lord Lucia Majesty's ship March Marquis de Bouille Martinico masters merchants morning Naval Chronicle Negroes night officers Omoa party persons pirates plantations plunder ports possession prisoners qu'il returned Royal sail sent shore Sir Charles Knowles slaves sloop soldiers Spain Spaniards Spanish squadron sugar Surinam surrender taken Tertre Tortuga town treaty troops vessels Voyage to Demerary Whites wounded
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Seite 548 - Majesty, and bring away their effects, as well as their persons, without being restrained in their emigration, under any pretence whatsoever except that of debts or of criminal...
Seite 370 - ... general, which subsisted between the high contracting parties before the war, as if they were inserted here word for word, so that they are to be exactly observed, for the future, in their whole tenor, and religiously executed on all sides, in all their points, which shall not be derogated from by the present treaty, notwithstanding all that may have been stipulated to the contrary by any of the...
Seite 370 - ... recover their debts, and to bring away their effects, as well as their persons, on board vessels which they shall be permitted to send to the said island restored as above, and which shall serve for that use only, without being restrained on account of their religion, or under any other pretence whatsoever, except that of debts, or of criminal prosecutions : And for this purpose, the term of eighteen months is allowed to his...
Seite 83 - They had not a sufficient number of men wherewith to assault so strong and great a city. But Captain Morgan replied : If our number is small, our hearts are great. And the fewer persons we are, the more union and better shares we shall have in the spoil.
Seite 499 - I wish it would clear up, but I doubt it much. I was once in a hurricane in the East Indies, and the beginning of it had much the same appearance as this. So take in the topsails; we have plenty of sea-room.
Seite 371 - Grenada, and the Grenadines, with the same stipulations in favour of the inhabitants of this colony, inserted in the IVth article for those of Canada : And the partition of the islands called neutral, is agreed and fixed, so that those of St.
Seite 501 - Hold fast ! that was an ugly sea. We must lower the yards, I believe, Archer; the ship is much pressed.
Seite 503 - ... and set sail with a light heart ; having not the least doubt, that, with God's assistance, we should come and bring them all off. Had a very squally night, and a very leaky boat, so as to keep two buckets constantly bailing.
Seite 373 - France shall likewise enter into possession of the islands of St. Peter, and of Miquelon, at the end of three months after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty.
Seite 371 - His Britannic Majesty shall cause to be demolished all the fortifications which his subjects shall have erected in the bay of Honduras, and other places of the territory of Spain in that part of the world...