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" I had driven the San Nicholas on board the Josef, and left them, on their fire ceasing, to be taken possession of by somebody behind, they fell on board my good friend the commodore ; and as they had not surrendered, he, in his own active person, at the... "
Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham - Page 102
by Englishmen - 1836
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 37

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1828 - 626 pages
...one (the Santissima Trinidada) of 4 decks, while we had only two first-rates, and four 90-gun ships, and of our fifteen, ships, one was a little 64, the...twenty-two sail of their line were still within gun-shot.' — p. 32. Nor was Nelson backward in acknowledging the services and gallant conduct of his friend...
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Quarterly Review, Volume 37, Issue 73

1828 - 598 pages
...somebody behind, they fell on board my good friend the commodore ; and as they had not surrendered, lie, in his own active person, at the head of his ship's...twenty-two sail of their line were still within gun-shot.' — p. 32. Nor was Nelson backward in acknowledging the services and gallant conduct of his friend...
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A Selection from the Public and Private Correspondence of Vice ..., Volume 1

Cuthbert Collingwood Baron Collingwood, George Lewis Newnham Collingwood - 1828 - 394 pages
...Spaniards from deck to deck at the point of their swords. They at last both surrendered; and the Gommodore, on the quarter-deck of a Spanish first-rate, San Josef,...twenty-two sail of their line were still within gun-shot. We have had the Spanish fleet off here to look at us since we came in ; but I dare say they would rather...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 37

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1828 - 608 pages
...the commodore, on the quarter-deck of a Spanish first-rate, San Josef, received the submission an<J the swords of the officers of the two ships, while...twenty-two sail of their line were still within gun-shot.' — p. 32. Nor was Nelson backward in .acknowledging the services and gallant conduct of his friend...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 37

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1828 - 608 pages
...first-rate, San Josef, received the submission and the swords of the officers of the two ships, while one cf his sailors bundled them up with as much composure...twenty-two sail of their line were still within gun-shot.' — p. 32. Nor was Nelson backward in acknowledging the services and gallant conduct of his friend...
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A Selection from the Public and Private Correspondence of Vice-Admiral Lord ...

Cuthbert Collingwood Baron Collingwood - 1829 - 434 pages
...stanccd, and bore unequal shares in the action, all have the merit of having done their utmost. After 1 had driven the San Nicholas on board the Josef, and...twenty-two sail of their line were still within gun-shot. We have had the Spanish fleet off here to look at us since we came in ; but I dare say they would rather...
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Tales of the wars; or, Naval and military chronicle

1836 - 884 pages
...coolness, put them under his arm ; " bundling them up," in the lively expression of Collingwood, " with as much composure as he would have made a faggot,...twenty-two sail of their line were still within gun-shot." One of his sailors came up, and, with an Englishman's feeling, took him by the hand, saying, he might...
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A Selection from the Public and Private Correspondence of Vice ..., Volume 1

Cuthbert Collingwood Baron Collingwood, George Lewes Newnham Collingwood - 1837 - 420 pages
...confidence in his fleet, that he thought no force too great for them ? Though the different ships were differently circumstanced, and bore unequal shares...twenty-two sail of their line were still within gunshot. We have had the Spanish fleet off here to look at us since we came in; but I dare say they would rather...
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The Quarterly review, Volume 37

1828 - 608 pages
...we had only two first-rates, and four 90-gun ships, and of our fifteen, ships, one was a little 04, the Diadem. I am sure you will admire the fortitude...twenty-two sail of their line were still within gun-shot.' — p. 32. Nor was Nelson backward in acknowledging the services and gallant conduct of his friend...
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Memoirs of the Life of Vice-Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1

Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - 1849 - 572 pages
...the officers of the two ships, while one of his sailors, (William Fearney, one of Nelson's bargemen) bundled them up with as much composure as he would have made a faggot, though derick, Bart., in his title and estate. His father was Sir Charles Frederick, KB Surveyor-General of...
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