Life of Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, K.B.Pitman, 1914 - 242 páginas |
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... sent out by a fast frigate to Saunders at Gibraltar- " bearer to await reply ” —inquiring as to the chances of taking Marseilles and Cadiz . The despatch and the reply , so far as I am aware , are now printed for the first time . A ...
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... sent farther afield . My inclination would be to assume that he went to Bristol and in that port heard stories of the expeditions , from Cabot's time down to his own , which fired his imagination and left him no choice but to become a ...
... sent farther afield . My inclination would be to assume that he went to Bristol and in that port heard stories of the expeditions , from Cabot's time down to his own , which fired his imagination and left him no choice but to become a ...
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... sent him half that number , and of that half a considerable proportion was taken from hospital . Bland's regiment and three com- panies of 100 men each were to be the military complement . Five hundred aged , decrepit , maimed out ...
... sent him half that number , and of that half a considerable proportion was taken from hospital . Bland's regiment and three com- panies of 100 men each were to be the military complement . Five hundred aged , decrepit , maimed out ...
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... sent consternation to the hearts of most on board . The sickness grew worse , until it became absolutely necessary to make for Juan Fernandez if Anson was to save the remnant of his crew . Scurvy had the manhood of the vessel in its ...
... sent consternation to the hearts of most on board . The sickness grew worse , until it became absolutely necessary to make for Juan Fernandez if Anson was to save the remnant of his crew . Scurvy had the manhood of the vessel in its ...
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... sent some of our hands on board her , by whose assistance she was brought to an anchor be- tween us and the land . We soon found that the sloop had not been exempted from the same calamities which we had so severely felt , for the ...
... sent some of our hands on board her , by whose assistance she was brought to an anchor be- tween us and the land . We soon found that the sloop had not been exempted from the same calamities which we had so severely felt , for the ...
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