United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, Volume 27H. Colburn, 1838 |
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... means of relieving , none but himself can form any idea of ; and in portioning out the small pittance of patronage left at his disposal , and in weighing the respective claims of the numerous candidates , it is needless to say what ...
... means of relieving , none but himself can form any idea of ; and in portioning out the small pittance of patronage left at his disposal , and in weighing the respective claims of the numerous candidates , it is needless to say what ...
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... means and appliances . Lord Sandwich was certainly an able man , having , fortunately for the public , remained long enough in office to learn something of his duty , -yet , in 1780 , after having pre- sided over the Navy for many years ...
... means and appliances . Lord Sandwich was certainly an able man , having , fortunately for the public , remained long enough in office to learn something of his duty , -yet , in 1780 , after having pre- sided over the Navy for many years ...
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... means provide transport for a party sufficient to carry the enemy's posts . It was incumbent , also , to weigh and repair these boats during the night , for an interference with them in the day would necessarily produce alarm ...
... means provide transport for a party sufficient to carry the enemy's posts . It was incumbent , also , to weigh and repair these boats during the night , for an interference with them in the day would necessarily produce alarm ...
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... means of removal in case a retreat in the presence of an enemy became indispensable . This was a judicious reply to an offer , yet more to encumber a small force already overladen with artillery , which could not be moved before an ...
... means of removal in case a retreat in the presence of an enemy became indispensable . This was a judicious reply to an offer , yet more to encumber a small force already overladen with artillery , which could not be moved before an ...
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... means of moving his greatly - augmented troops at pleasure , the position our corps was placed in was highly critical . To contract the line would have been to abandon some of the field - works , and the positions that secured them ...
... means of moving his greatly - augmented troops at pleasure , the position our corps was placed in was highly critical . To contract the line would have been to abandon some of the field - works , and the positions that secured them ...
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