Fights for the Flag ...: With Portraits and PlansSmith, Elder, & Company, 15 Waterloo Place, 1906 - Всего страниц: 333 |
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... called the police of the seas which Great Britain has ever since maintained . Blake's object , next , was to strike at the Spanish plate- ships . The great galleons creeping eastward to Spain , with their freight of sugar and dye - wood ...
... called the police of the seas which Great Britain has ever since maintained . Blake's object , next , was to strike at the Spanish plate- ships . The great galleons creeping eastward to Spain , with their freight of sugar and dye - wood ...
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... called the Nebel , gathering its sources from the roots of the wooded hills to the west , runs in its front , and , curving round , so that its course is almost from north to south , falls into the Danube . From Lutzingen , on the lower ...
... called the Nebel , gathering its sources from the roots of the wooded hills to the west , runs in its front , and , curving round , so that its course is almost from north to south , falls into the Danube . From Lutzingen , on the lower ...
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... called Oberglauh , held by fourteen battalions , amongst which were three Irish regiments destined to play a great part in the fight . Tallard covered his centre by a long screen of cavalry , strengthened by two brigades of infantry ...
... called Oberglauh , held by fourteen battalions , amongst which were three Irish regiments destined to play a great part in the fight . Tallard covered his centre by a long screen of cavalry , strengthened by two brigades of infantry ...
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... called the Anson Ward , lifting its warlike head high above the beds tenanted by many an old salt . On its pedestal were inscribed some lines plainly sug- gested by Cowley's : : - " Stay , traveller , awhile , and view One who has ...
... called the Anson Ward , lifting its warlike head high above the beds tenanted by many an old salt . On its pedestal were inscribed some lines plainly sug- gested by Cowley's : : - " Stay , traveller , awhile , and view One who has ...
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... called his men aft , told them there must be two galleons sailing from Acapulco this year , and he intended to capture them both ! Each galleon , it might be added was double in weight of artillery and fighting force to the Centurion ...
... called his men aft , told them there must be two galleons sailing from Acapulco this year , and he intended to capture them both ! Each galleon , it might be added was double in weight of artillery and fighting force to the Centurion ...
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advance afterwards Anson army attack battalions battle BATTLE OF MINDEN bayonets betwixt Blenheim breach brigade British line British ships British soldier broadside broke captain Cardigan cavalry centre Centurion charge Ciudad Rodrigo column command Contades Corunna courage crest crew daring deck division Dragoons enemy English fell fierce fight fire flagship flame flank fleet Florence Nightingale force fought French cavalry French line French ships front gallant galleon galloping grey guns Harris head hill horse horsemen infantry Jean Bon Saint-André Lord Cardigan Lord George Lord George Sackville Lord Raglan Marlborough Marmont mass miles Moore Moore's moving Napier Napoleon Navarino officers Queen Charlotte regiments retreat ridge Rifles rode Rodney round Russian sail sailor Salamanca San Sebastian Sandbag Battery says Scarlett shot shout siege slope smoke Soult Spain Spanish squadrons swept sword tempest thrust thunder troops tumult Urumea valley valour Vengeur victory Wellington whole wounded yards