... variance with the text of the Memorandum. There is also to be considered the evidence of Captain Harvey, of the Temeraire, written two days after the battle, in which that officer, who followed Nelson into the fight and was to have led the weather... Logs of the Great Sea Fights, 1794-1805 - Seite 210herausgegeben von - 1900 - 345 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1906 - 550 Seiten
...Xelson into the fight and was to have led the weather line if Xelson had not led it himself, says : " It •was noon before the action commenced, which...according to the instructions given to us by Lord Xelson." The final effect of the lucid criticism of the correspondent of the Times was to vindicate... | |
| James Richard Thursfield - 1909 - 446 Seiten
...Nelson into the fight, and was to have led the weather line if Nelson had not led it himself, says, " It was noon before the action commenced, which was...according to the instructions given to us by Lord Nelson." I dare say there was much discussion of the point between the captains who survived, and that two schools... | |
| Julian Stafford Corbett - 1919 - 362 Seiten
...he was by far the most detailed and methodical observer of the action. " It was noon," he wrote, " before the action commenced, which was done according to the instructions given us by Lord Nelson." Whether by " the instructions " he meant the written " Plan of Attack," or the... | |
| James Richard Thursfield - 1920 - 440 Seiten
...Nelson into the fight, and was to have led the weather line if Nelson had not led it himself, says, " It was noon before the action commenced, which was...according to the instructions given to us by Lord Nelson." I dare say there was much discussion of the point between the captains who survived, and that two schools... | |
| 1881 - 382 Seiten
...the rest frigates, or smaller vessels, and although we had the advantage of the wind, and they shewed no disposition to avoid our attack, it was noon before...see any other ship engaged before Lord Nelson opened his fire on the enemy, they having opened upon him, and from the Santissima Trinklada, about ten minutes,... | |
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