Fights for the Flag ...: With Portraits and PlansSmith, Elder, & Company, 15 Waterloo Place, 1906 - Всего страниц: 333 |
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... afterwards , wrote , “ Nothing equals the beautiful order of the English at sea . Never was a line drawn straighter than that formed by their ships ; thus they bring all their fire to bear upon those who draw near them . They fight like ...
... afterwards , wrote , “ Nothing equals the beautiful order of the English at sea . Never was a line drawn straighter than that formed by their ships ; thus they bring all their fire to bear upon those who draw near them . They fight like ...
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... The Dutchman had some eighty ships , Blake less than forty . Blake had discovered the secret which Nelson rediscovered afterwards , that the British sailor fights to best advantage at close quarters . BLAKE AND THE DUTCHMEN 7.
... The Dutchman had some eighty ships , Blake less than forty . Blake had discovered the secret which Nelson rediscovered afterwards , that the British sailor fights to best advantage at close quarters . BLAKE AND THE DUTCHMEN 7.
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... afterwards , charged across the sunken road upon the French cuirassiers at Waterloo . Their officers were men like Cutts and Rowe and Kane and Ingoldsby , not , perhaps , great generals , but soldiers who , in fight- ing quality , in ...
... afterwards , charged across the sunken road upon the French cuirassiers at Waterloo . Their officers were men like Cutts and Rowe and Kane and Ingoldsby , not , perhaps , great generals , but soldiers who , in fight- ing quality , in ...
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... afterwards . Tallard's horse recoiled , Marlborough's squadrons re - formed , and the moment for the great cavalry assault , which was to break the French centre and win Blenheim , came . First , however , the village of Oberglauh ...
... afterwards . Tallard's horse recoiled , Marlborough's squadrons re - formed , and the moment for the great cavalry assault , which was to break the French centre and win Blenheim , came . First , however , the village of Oberglauh ...
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... incredible stupidity of administration which afterwards destroyed the Walcheren expedition , and produced the tragedy of the Crimea , did its evil best to wreck Anson's squadron . It was delayed until LORD ANSON AND THE 66 37 " " CENTURION.
... incredible stupidity of administration which afterwards destroyed the Walcheren expedition , and produced the tragedy of the Crimea , did its evil best to wreck Anson's squadron . It was delayed until LORD ANSON AND THE 66 37 " " CENTURION.
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