Fights for the Flag ...: With Portraits and PlansSmith, Elder, & Company, 15 Waterloo Place, 1906 - Всего страниц: 333 |
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... a boarding - pike in the other . " Macaulay says of the fleet of that period that " the gentlemen were not sailors , and the sailors were not gentlemen . " No doubt the British scaman of 1650 was a rough- BLAKE AND THE DUTCHMEN 5.
... a boarding - pike in the other . " Macaulay says of the fleet of that period that " the gentlemen were not sailors , and the sailors were not gentlemen . " No doubt the British scaman of 1650 was a rough- BLAKE AND THE DUTCHMEN 5.
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... says that Blake " first taught British sailors to despise castles on shore " ; and that is true . But Blake first carried the British flag , as a symbol of terror and power , round the Mediterranean ports , and established in the great ...
... says that Blake " first taught British sailors to despise castles on shore " ; and that is true . But Blake first carried the British flag , as a symbol of terror and power , round the Mediterranean ports , and established in the great ...
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... . They had not merely " singed the King of Spain's beard " ; they had emptied his pockets and broken his strength . " The whole action , " says Claren- don , " was so miraculous that all men who BLAKE AND THE DUTCHMEN 13.
... . They had not merely " singed the King of Spain's beard " ; they had emptied his pockets and broken his strength . " The whole action , " says Claren- don , " was so miraculous that all men who BLAKE AND THE DUTCHMEN 13.
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... says Green the historian , " had taught the world to regard the French army as invincible , when Blenheim , and the surrender of the flower of the French soldiery , broke the spell . " But this was the least result of Blenheim . Its ...
... says Green the historian , " had taught the world to regard the French army as invincible , when Blenheim , and the surrender of the flower of the French soldiery , broke the spell . " But this was the least result of Blenheim . Its ...
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... says of him that he went round the world , but was never in it . Although he filled one of the greatest posts in the State -he was Vice - Admiral of Great Britain , and First Lord of the Admiralty during the Seven Years ' War - he had ...
... says of him that he went round the world , but was never in it . Although he filled one of the greatest posts in the State -he was Vice - Admiral of Great Britain , and First Lord of the Admiralty during the Seven Years ' War - he had ...
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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