I have not only to lament, in common with the British Navy, and the British Nation, in the Fall of the Commander in Chief, the loss of a Hero, whose name will be immortal, and his memory ever dear to his country, but my heart is rent with the most poignant... The Naval Chronicle - Page 425edited by - 1805Full view - About this book
| 1804 - 554 pages
...the Britifh hoifted in their places. Such a battle could not be fought without fuHaining a great lois of men. I have not only to lament, in common with the Britifh Navy, and the Bi itifti Nation, in the fall of the Commander iii С hief, the lofs of a Hero,... | |
| 1805 - 456 pages
...on one side, and a Spaniard on the other ; the contest was vigorous, but, in the end, the comhined ensigns were torn from the poop, and the British hoisted...common with the British navy, and the British nation, in the fall of the Commander in Chief, the loss of a hero, whose name will be immortal, and his memory... | |
| William Cobbett - 1805 - 544 pages
...design, by a French ship, on one side, and * Spaniard on die other ; the contest was vigorous, but, in the end, the combined ensigns were torn from the poop,...without sustaining a great loss of men. I have not onlv to lament, in common with the BritiA nary. and die British nation, in the fall of the commander... | |
| 1805 - 756 pages
...the Britifh hoided in their places. Such a battle could not be fought without fudaining a great lofs of men. I have not only to lament, in common with the Britifh Navy, and the Britifh Nation, in the fall of the Commander in Chief, the lofs of a Hero, whofe... | |
| 1805 - 538 pages
...Britifh hoilted in their places. •' Such a battle could not be fought without fuftaining a great lofs of men. I have not only to lament, in common with the Brifiib Navy, and the Biitih Nation, in the fall of the Commander i« Clve», the lofs of a Hero, whofe... | |
| 1806 - 594 pages
...recorded; and never was high merit more conspicuous, than in the battle 1 have described." Again, " Such a. battle could not be fought without sustaining...common with the British navy, and the British nation, in the fall of the commander-in-chief, the loss of iin hero, whose name will be immortal, ^nd his memory... | |
| Archibald Duncan - 1806 - 380 pages
...design, by a French ship on one side, and a, Spaniard on the other; the contest was vigorous, but, in the end, the combined ensigns were torn from the poop,...and the British hoisted in their places. " Such a buttle could not be fought without sustaining a great loss of men. 1 have not only to lament, in common... | |
| Laurence Hynes Halloran - 1806 - 154 pages
...design, by a French ship on one side, and a Spaniard " on the other. The contest was vigorous; but in the " end, the combined ensigns were torn from the poop, and " the British hoisted in their places." 309. Nor less Britannia, from each Baming side, &c. of those papers, containing a statement which challenges... | |
| Laurence Hynes Halloran - 1806 - 154 pages
...design, by a French ship on one side, and a Spaniard " on the other. The contest was vigorous ; but in the " end, the combined ensigns were torn from the poop, and " the British hoisted in their places." 309. Nor loss Britannia, from each flaming side, &c. It having been stated in some of the public prints,... | |
| William Hamilton Drummond - 1806 - 142 pages
...British seamen when engaging the enemies of their country. The contest, he adds, was vigorous, but, in the end, the combined ensigns were torn from the poop, and the British hoisted in their place." Indeed, when we consider the great superiority of numbers on board the French and Spanish ships,... | |
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