Memoir of the life of admiral sir Edward Codrington, with selections from his correspondence, ed. by lady Bourchier, Volum 1 |
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... Attack and Capture of Washington - Success in the Potomac- General Ross killed at Baltimore - Attack of New Orleans , and repulse with loss -Peace with America - Made K.C.B. and Rear - Admiral - Return to England - Home Details - Death ...
... Attack and Capture of Washington - Success in the Potomac- General Ross killed at Baltimore - Attack of New Orleans , and repulse with loss -Peace with America - Made K.C.B. and Rear - Admiral - Return to England - Home Details - Death ...
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... attack us . But by the time I got down on deck , when they brought the wind on their starboard beam , two of the three lost some of their masts , showing evidently that they had been already crippled in the battle . I then went on the ...
... attack us . But by the time I got down on deck , when they brought the wind on their starboard beam , two of the three lost some of their masts , showing evidently that they had been already crippled in the battle . I then went on the ...
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... attacked , defeated , and captured two out of twenty sail of the line , almost in the presence of one squadron of ( I believe ) sixteen , and another of eight ordered to form a junction ! You are much misinformed , my dear Jane , as to ...
... attacked , defeated , and captured two out of twenty sail of the line , almost in the presence of one squadron of ( I believe ) sixteen , and another of eight ordered to form a junction ! You are much misinformed , my dear Jane , as to ...
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... attack them with the fleet in two columns . On the Sunday morning , Lord Nelson , as a compliment to Collingwood , called him on board by signal to consult with him , saying to Hardy , jocosely , that he should not be guided by his ...
... attack them with the fleet in two columns . On the Sunday morning , Lord Nelson , as a compliment to Collingwood , called him on board by signal to consult with him , saying to Hardy , jocosely , that he should not be guided by his ...
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... attack them , although they took care to keep Cadiz under their lee . The weather has been so horrid ever since that we have lost half our prizes , and with difficulty saved our own fleet ( if , indeed , they are all saved ) , the wind ...
... attack them , although they took care to keep Cadiz under their lee . The weather has been so horrid ever since that we have lost half our prizes , and with difficulty saved our own fleet ( if , indeed , they are all saved ) , the wind ...
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Admiral De Rigny Admiralty amongst anchor Areñs army arrival Asia attack August battle BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR betwixt Blake boats Cadiz Campo Verde Captain Codrington Catalonia chief coast command conduct Corfu dear dear Jane despatches doubt duty EDWARD CODRINGTON EDWD enemy England English Eroles fear feel fire fleet Flushing force French frigates Gibraltar give Government Greece Greek guns hear honour hope July Lacy land letter lieutenant Lord Cochrane Lord Nelson Lord Wellington Mataro morning Nauplia Navarin never night officers opinion Orion Pacha passed Peniscola poor port present Queen Charlotte received Rigny sail Salou sent September ships shore shot signal Sir E. C. Smyrna Spaniards Spanish squadron success Tarragona tell tion to-day told Tortosa town Treaty troops trust Turkish Turks Valencia vessels WALCHEREN EXPEDITION whilst whole wind wish wounded yesterday
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Side 186 - See, what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury, New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.