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Pagina xxix
... wind ( which would bring the French fleet down upon him ) would put him in a most embarrassing position so far as tactics and manœuvres were concerned , shifted his berth to the Spanish side of the bay , so as to be ready for ...
... wind ( which would bring the French fleet down upon him ) would put him in a most embarrassing position so far as tactics and manœuvres were concerned , shifted his berth to the Spanish side of the bay , so as to be ready for ...
Pagina xxxi
... winds grew dead foul and held him in the Gut . But the news of his approach seems to have agitated de Pointis , who fumbled what Fortune threw into his hands and lost a magnificent chance . The soldiers from Lisbon were carried in ...
... winds grew dead foul and held him in the Gut . But the news of his approach seems to have agitated de Pointis , who fumbled what Fortune threw into his hands and lost a magnificent chance . The soldiers from Lisbon were carried in ...
Pagina xxxiii
... wind and halted not until they reached the safety of Toulon . The battle of Marbella was thus exhaustive . Not a single French piece remained on the board . And it was not only exhaustive : it was in every sense conclusive . The armies ...
... wind and halted not until they reached the safety of Toulon . The battle of Marbella was thus exhaustive . Not a single French piece remained on the board . And it was not only exhaustive : it was in every sense conclusive . The armies ...
Pagina xli
... winds with reinforcements for Sir George Byng , who was thus enabled to spoil the first of the French - compounded Jacobite rebel- lions . Proceeding to his station , Leake quickly built up once more on the east coast of Spain the cause ...
... winds with reinforcements for Sir George Byng , who was thus enabled to spoil the first of the French - compounded Jacobite rebel- lions . Proceeding to his station , Leake quickly built up once more on the east coast of Spain the cause ...
Pagina lii
... wind , we learn how a flight of pigeons , deserting the ship , returned when the battle was over ; how a noted duellist , a fire - eating fellow , ran away into safety when the broadsides thundered ; and how a sorely wounded officer ...
... wind , we learn how a flight of pigeons , deserting the ship , returned when the battle was over ; how a noted duellist , a fire - eating fellow , ran away into safety when the broadsides thundered ; and how a sorely wounded officer ...
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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