 Villeneuve was a skilful seaman ; worthy of serving a better master and a better cause. His plan of defence was as well conceived, and as original, as the plan of attack. He formed the fleet in a double line, every alternate ship being about a cable's...  The Life of Nelson - Pagina 275door Robert Southey - 1830 - 309 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1905 - 542 pagina’s
...centre, I had both their van, and rear, abafc the beam ; before the fire opened, every alternate ship was about a cable's length to windward of her second a-head, and a-stern, forming a kind of double line, and appeared, when on their beam, to leave a very little interval between... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1805 - 544 pagina’s
...centre, I had both their van, and rear, abaft the beam ; before the fire opened, every alternate ship was about a cable's length to windward of her second a-head, and a-stern, forming a kind of double line, and appeared, when on their beam, to leave a very little interval between... | |
 | Archibald Duncan - 1806 - 380 pagina’s
...centre, I had both their van and rear abaft the beam ; before the fife opened, every alternate ship was about. a cable's length to windward of her second a-head and a-stern, .forming a kind of double line, and appeared, when on their beam, to leave a very little interval between... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1810 - 462 pagina’s
...situation of Spain and the Tyrol. The plan of defence was as original as that of attack. They were formed in a double line, every alternate ship being about...to windward of her second ahead and astern. Nelson never went into a battle without a full sense of its danger, and always seems rather to have prepared... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 pagina’s
...remember th» subsequent situation of Spain and the Tyrol. original as that of attack : they were formed in a double line, every alternate ship being about...windward of her second a-head and a-stern. Nelson never went into a battle without a full sense of it's danger, and always seems rather to have prepared... | |
 | John Campbell - 1817 - 562 pagina’s
...anchor. " Villeneuve was a skilful seamen ; worthy of serving a better master, and a better cause. His plan of defence was as well conceived, and as original,...fleet in a double line, every alternate ship being abcut a cable's length to windward of her second a-head and astern. Nelson, certain of a triumphant... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1819 - 364 pagina’s
...ships, formed a crescent convexing to the leeward. Before the action commenced, every alternate ship was about a cable's length to windward of her second a-head and astern, forming a kind of double line. The commander in chief, admiral Villeneuve, in the Bucentaure, was in... | |
 | Edward Pelham Brenton - 1824 - 588 pagina’s
...centre, I had both their van and rear abaft the beam before the fire opened ; every alternate ship was about a cable's length to windward of her second ahead and astern, forming a kind of double line, and appeared, when on their beam, to leave a very little interval between... | |
 | J. R. Miller - 1825 - 490 pagina’s
...greater in size and weight of metal than iu numbers. Admiral ViUeneuve was a skilful seaman ; and bis plan of defence was as well conceived, and as original, as the plan of attack. The Spaniards were commanded by admiral Gravina ; and four thousand troops were embarked on board the... | |
 | Cuthbert Collingwood Baron Collingwood, George Lewis Newnham Collingwood - 1828 - 610 pagina’s
...centre, I had both their van and rear abaft the beam before the fire opened. Every alternate ship was about a cable's length to windward of her second ahead and astern, forming a kind of double line, and appeared, when on their beam, to leave a very little interval between... | |
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