Fights for the Flag ...: With Portraits and PlansSmith, Elder, & Company, 15 Waterloo Place, 1906 - Всего страниц: 333 |
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... ships were engaged in the fiery wrestle of battle , and the sullen , deep - voiced roar of their guns rolled from ... ships under the flag of Van Tromp , the most famous of Dutch admirals . Beating up to eastward to meet them was an ...
... ships were engaged in the fiery wrestle of battle , and the sullen , deep - voiced roar of their guns rolled from ... ships under the flag of Van Tromp , the most famous of Dutch admirals . Beating up to eastward to meet them was an ...
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... ships , short- bodied , high - sterned , snub - nosed , the bowsprit thrust up at a sharp angle , and carrying a tiny mast with a square sail at its extremity . A modern seaman would gaze amazed at the spectacle of a seventeenth ...
... ships , short- bodied , high - sterned , snub - nosed , the bowsprit thrust up at a sharp angle , and carrying a tiny mast with a square sail at its extremity . A modern seaman would gaze amazed at the spectacle of a seventeenth ...
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... ships to strike the flag or lower the topsail in the presence of a British ship . Be- hind that question of sea etiquette lay the whole claim to naval supremacy and the trade of the world . That fight off Dungeness on that May afternoon ...
... ships to strike the flag or lower the topsail in the presence of a British ship . Be- hind that question of sea etiquette lay the whole claim to naval supremacy and the trade of the world . That fight off Dungeness on that May afternoon ...
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... ships as prizes , stood over to the Flemish coast ; while the British , their flag- ship dismasted and with shot - battered sides , slowly bore up to Dover . It is characteristic , however , of the tireless and silent energy of Blake ...
... ships as prizes , stood over to the Flemish coast ; while the British , their flag- ship dismasted and with shot - battered sides , slowly bore up to Dover . It is characteristic , however , of the tireless and silent energy of Blake ...
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... ship , and the men who sailed it , were totally distinct . Of the sea - going qualities of the British sailors of that day there is no room to doubt . They were the descendants of Drake , of Frobisher , of Hawkins ; as much at home on ...
... ship , and the men who sailed it , were totally distinct . Of the sea - going qualities of the British sailors of that day there is no room to doubt . They were the descendants of Drake , of Frobisher , of Hawkins ; as much at home on ...
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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