Fights for the Flag ...: With Portraits and PlansSmith, Elder, & Company, 15 Waterloo Place, 1906 - Всего страниц: 333 |
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... , anchored within half musket - shot of the Dey's batteries , and opened a terrific fire on them . Nine great ships of war lay within the harbour . When the cannonade was at its height Blake lowered his boats , IO FIGHTS FOR THE FLAG.
... , anchored within half musket - shot of the Dey's batteries , and opened a terrific fire on them . Nine great ships of war lay within the harbour . When the cannonade was at its height Blake lowered his boats , IO FIGHTS FOR THE FLAG.
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... batteries , with a difficult approach . Owing to the high land a fleet might easily be becalmed under the heavy guns of the batteries and so be destroyed ; or if the wind carried the ships into the bay , while it prevailed there was no ...
... batteries , with a difficult approach . Owing to the high land a fleet might easily be becalmed under the heavy guns of the batteries and so be destroyed ; or if the wind carried the ships into the bay , while it prevailed there was no ...
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... batteries , covering Stayner from their fire . For four hours the 700 guns of ships and batteries sent their tremendous waves of sound up the slopes of Teneriffe . The Spaniards fought with great courage , but Blake's fire , by its ...
... batteries , covering Stayner from their fire . For four hours the 700 guns of ships and batteries sent their tremendous waves of sound up the slopes of Teneriffe . The Spaniards fought with great courage , but Blake's fire , by its ...
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... battery at Inkermann . Amongst the British cavalry was a regiment of Scots Greys and another of Royal Dragoons , equal in valour to those who , more than a century afterwards , charged across the sunken road upon the French cuirassiers ...
... battery at Inkermann . Amongst the British cavalry was a regiment of Scots Greys and another of Royal Dragoons , equal in valour to those who , more than a century afterwards , charged across the sunken road upon the French cuirassiers ...
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... batteries of artillery and squares of infantry . These were drawn up slightly below the crest of the ridge , so as to exactly cover the summit with their fire . At five o'clock Marlborough launched the great attack . Slowly at first ...
... batteries of artillery and squares of infantry . These were drawn up slightly below the crest of the ridge , so as to exactly cover the summit with their fire . At five o'clock Marlborough launched the great attack . Slowly at first ...
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