Fights for the Flag ...: With Portraits and PlansSmith, Elder, & Company, 15 Waterloo Place, 1906 - Всего страниц: 333 |
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... fire at the hull . In the wrestle off Dungeness , therefore , the Dutch suffered more damage than the British , but won the triumph that belongs to overwhelming num- bers ; and it was after this combat that , according to a popular but ...
... fire at the hull . In the wrestle off Dungeness , therefore , the Dutch suffered more damage than the British , but won the triumph that belongs to overwhelming num- bers ; and it was after this combat that , according to a popular but ...
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... fire to his own vessel that the three might sink together . The British , however , drew off , and left the Dutchman to blow up in solitude . At last Penn , with a cluster of his faster ships , broke through the stubborn line of the ...
... fire to his own vessel that the three might sink together . The British , however , drew off , and left the Dutchman to blow up in solitude . At last Penn , with a cluster of his faster ships , broke through the stubborn line of the ...
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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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... 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 speed and deadliness , was over- whelming ...
... 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 speed and deadliness , was over- whelming ...
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... fire and sword , the country round Was wasted far and wide ; And many a childing mother then , And new - born baby died ; But things like that , you know , must be At every famous victory . ' And everybody praised the duke , Who this ...
... fire and sword , the country round Was wasted far and wide ; And many a childing mother then , And new - born baby died ; But things like that , you know , must be At every famous victory . ' And everybody praised the duke , Who this ...
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