Fights for the Flag ...: With Portraits and PlansSmith, Elder, & Company, 15 Waterloo Place, 1906 - Всего страниц: 333 |
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... round his own decks by giving the order , " Wheel to the left ! " But these Commonwealth veterans , suddenly sent afloat , were hardy , daring , and , in some cases , brilliant soldiers ; and they soon learnt to manœuvre fleets as they ...
... round his own decks by giving the order , " Wheel to the left ! " But these Commonwealth veterans , suddenly sent afloat , were hardy , daring , and , in some cases , brilliant soldiers ; and they soon learnt to manœuvre fleets as they ...
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... round this tiny cluster of British ships Van Tromp's great vessels closed as a pack of wolves might gather round a handful of sheep . There was nothing sheep- like , however , in Blake's squadron . The roar of their guns rolled in one ...
... round this tiny cluster of British ships Van Tromp's great vessels closed as a pack of wolves might gather round a handful of sheep . There was nothing sheep- like , however , in Blake's squadron . The roar of their guns rolled in one ...
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... round the Mediterranean ports , and established in the great mid- land sea a supremacy which has never been lost since . His cruise , indeed , marks that assumption of what may be called the police of the seas which Great Britain has ...
... round the Mediterranean ports , and established in the great mid- land sea a supremacy which has never been lost since . His cruise , indeed , marks that assumption of what may be called the police of the seas which Great Britain has ...
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... rounded on the flank of the 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 ...
... rounded on the flank of the 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 ...
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... round his bed bidding farewell to their great chief . Just as the slow - moving George dropped her anchor Blake breathed his last . Never has England had a braver , a less selfish , a more simply and nobly loyal servant . His corpse was ...
... round his bed bidding farewell to their great chief . Just as the slow - moving George dropped her anchor Blake breathed his last . Never has England had a braver , a less selfish , a more simply and nobly loyal servant . His corpse was ...
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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