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Pagina xxix
... enemy had been demolishing the Rock's defences , and the marines , enfeebled by privation , were unequal to the task of repairing the breaches in the walls . The Admiral quickly infused a new spirit . Short - handed as he was , he made ...
... enemy had been demolishing the Rock's defences , and the marines , enfeebled by privation , were unequal to the task of repairing the breaches in the walls . The Admiral quickly infused a new spirit . Short - handed as he was , he made ...
Pagina lvii
... enemy upon the bow ' ; ' the vulgar sort stood staring with their hands empocketed ' ; ' the Jews , in whatever part of the world , are a people industrious in the increasing of mammon ' ; ' if Ovid in the little Archipelagian sea could ...
... enemy upon the bow ' ; ' the vulgar sort stood staring with their hands empocketed ' ; ' the Jews , in whatever part of the world , are a people industrious in the increasing of mammon ' ; ' if Ovid in the little Archipelagian sea could ...
Pagina xcii
... enemy's undertaking . " Thus thwarted , and impeded by his own side , he proceeded upon his way towards Barcelona ; and , in his passage , received the urgent and agonising appeal of the King . ' The message naturally lent wings to his ...
... enemy's undertaking . " Thus thwarted , and impeded by his own side , he proceeded upon his way towards Barcelona ; and , in his passage , received the urgent and agonising appeal of the King . ' The message naturally lent wings to his ...
Pagina cxii
... enemies in the siege , he resolved to turn the tables upon them and advance from Lisbon upon Madrid . The direct route up ... enemy out of the strong fortress of Ciudad INTRODUCTION cxiii Rodrigo , and on June 7 he captured cxii INTRODUCTION.
... enemies in the siege , he resolved to turn the tables upon them and advance from Lisbon upon Madrid . The direct route up ... enemy out of the strong fortress of Ciudad INTRODUCTION cxiii Rodrigo , and on June 7 he captured cxii INTRODUCTION.
Pagina cxxxiii
... enemy . These hindrances constituted a formidable argu- ment for relying on hunger rather than on force . But the Admiral did not think it his duty to point this out . He made it his business to overcome the almost insuperable ...
... enemy . These hindrances constituted a formidable argu- ment for relying on hunger rather than on force . But the Admiral did not think it his duty to point this out . He made it his business to overcome the almost insuperable ...
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acquainting Admiral's afterwards anchored appointed arrived ashore Barcelona BATTLE OF MALAGA boats brave Brest Burchett Cadiz Cape Captain Leake Charles Charles Galley coast command Confederates convoy council council of war Court Martial cruise detached dispatched Duke Dutch Earl endeavour enemy enemy's ships engagement England English expedition fireships Flag Officers flag on board forces French fleet frigates galleys garrison Gibraltar Grand Fleet Gunner guns harbour Highness's honour King land Leake's letter likewise Lisbon Lord High Admiral Majesty Majesty's marines Mediterranean men-of-war merchant ships morning naval Navy night orders Peterborough port Portugal Portuguese Prince George Prince of Hesse proceed proceeded provisions Queen ready Rear-Admiral received rendez-vous resolution resolved Royal sail seamen sent shore siege Sir Clowdisley Shovell Sir George Rooke Sir John Leake soon Spain Spithead squadron Stanhope Straits Third Rates thither Torbay Torrington Toulon town Vice-Admiral Leake weather whilst wind