 | Robert Forbes - 1834 - 556 sider
...sword still drawn in his hand, and gave the necessary orders for the attack. Immediately the Elizabeth bore down upon the Lion, (each of them consisting...frigate, the Prince was making ready to go on board the Elizabeth, for more air, and greater conveniency every way, the frigate being crowded with the gentlemen,... | |
 | 1928 - 514 sider
...attack with great briskness,' that the ships were ' equally matched,' and that ' after five or six hours the Lion was obliged to sheer off like a tub upon the water ' (op. cit., p. 203). In the darkness at the close of the action it is fairly clear that each side... | |
 | Scottish History Society - 1895 - 426 sider
...sword still drawn in his hand, and gave the necessary orders for the attack. Immediately the Elizabeth bore down upon the Lion (each of them consisting of...frigate, the Prince was making ready to go on board the Elizabeth for more air and greater conveniency every way, the frigate being crowded with the gentlemen,... | |
 | Robert Forbes - 1895 - 440 sider
...sword still drawn in his hand, and gave the necessary orders for the attack. Immediately the Elizabeth bore down upon the Lion (each of them consisting of...frigate, the Prince was making ready to go on board the Elizabeth for more air and greater conveniency every way, the frigate being crowded with the gentlemen,... | |
 | Robert Forbes (Bp. of Ross and Caithness) - 1895 - 426 sider
...about sixty guns, and therefore equally matched), and began the attack with great briskness. The f1ght continued for five or six hours, when the Lion was...frigate, the Prince was making ready to go on board the Elizabeth for more air and greater conveniency every way, the frigate being crowded with the gentlemen,... | |
 | 1925 - 138 sider
...upon the Lion (each of them consisting of about sixty guns, and therefore equally matched), and begun the attack with great briskness. The fight continued...frigate, the Prince was making ready to go on board the Elizabeth for more air and greater conveniency every way, the frigate being crowded with the gentlemen,... | |
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French captain drew his sword, took leave of Mr Welch and his company, went on board the Elizabeth, with his sword still drawn in his hand, and gave the necessary orders for the attack. Immediately the Elizabeth bore down upon the Lion, (each of them... 