 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 332 pages
...to form as most convenient for their mutual support, and to anchor by the stern. " First gain your victory," he said, " and then make the best use of...another on the outer quarter of each of the enemy's. Captain Berry, when he comprehended the scope of the design, exclaimed with transport, " If we succeed,... | |
 | 1854 - 504 pages
...was to keep entirely on the outer side of the French line, and station, his ships, as far as he^was able, one on the outer bow, and another on the outer quarter, of each of the e.nemy's. As the squadron advanced, they were assailed by a shower of shot and shells from the batteries on the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 324 pages
...manoeuvre of breaking the line of seabattle, and Nelson's feat of doubling, or stationing his ships one on the outer bow, and another on the outer quarter of each of the enemy's were only translations into naval tactics of Bonaparte's rule of con.centration. Lord Collingwood was... | |
 | 1858 - 256 pages
...to form as most convenient for their mutual support, and to anchor by the stern. ' First gain your victory,' he said, 'and then make the best use of...another on the outer quarter of each of the enemy's. Captain Berry, when he comprehended the scope of the design, exclaimed, with transport, ' If we succeed,... | |
 | 1860 - 782 pages
...says Southey, " that Nelson perceived the position of the French, that intuitive genius with which he was endowed displayed itself; and it instantly struck...another on the outer quarter, of each of the enemy's." Into the details of the action, for the reason before given, we cannot enter; but the English ships... | |
 | William Martin - 1862 - 340 pages
...prepared to attack them. The French fleet were moored, and Nelson's plan was to station his ships, one on the outer bow and another on the outer quarter, of those of the enemy, by which means each French ship would be beaten before any one of the others could... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...manoeuvre of breaking the line of sea-battle, and Nelson's feat of doubling, or stationing his ships one on the outer bow, and another on the outer quarter of each of the enemy's, were only translations into naval tactics of Bonaparte's rule of concentration. Lord Collingwood was... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1867 - 532 pages
...by Lord Hood in Gourjean Road, but which he had there found impracticable, of stationing his ships one on the outer bow, and another on the outer quarter of each of theirs. The action commenced at 6h. 20rn. PM, August 12th, and at noon of the 13th, of the French fleet... | |
 | 1869 - 506 pages
...xxvii. 29. them and the shore room for the English vessels to anchor, and he accordingly determined to keep entirely on the outer side of the French line,...on the outer quarter of each of the enemy's. This idea no sooner rose in his mind, than it was cherished and adopted as the main principle of the plan... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 264 pages
...n,230, and the number of guns n96. Nelson's plan was to double upon the French, and anchor his ships, one on the outer bow, and another on the outer quarter of each ship of the enemy's as far as his force would extend. A heavy cannonade commenced as the British advanced;... | |
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The moment he perceived the position of the French that intuitive genius with which Nelson was endowed displayed itself, and it instantly struck him that where there was room for an enemy's ship to swing there was room for one of ours to anchor. The plan... 
