They Saw it Happen: An Anthology of Eyewitness's Accounts of Events in British History, 1689-1897, Volum 3Blackwell, 1958 - 311 sider |
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Side 70
... French fleet escaped from Brest while Hawke was refitting in Torbay after a westerly gale . He pursued the French ships to Quiberon Bay . ( a ) Source : A letter from a Chaplain in one of His Majesty's ships ' . It is dated Quiberon Bay ...
... French fleet escaped from Brest while Hawke was refitting in Torbay after a westerly gale . He pursued the French ships to Quiberon Bay . ( a ) Source : A letter from a Chaplain in one of His Majesty's ships ' . It is dated Quiberon Bay ...
Side 129
... French , belonging to the French Admiral's ship , the L'Orient , who had swam to the Goliath , and were cowering under her forecastle . Poor fellows ! they were brought on board , and Cap- tain Foley ordered them down to the steward's ...
... French , belonging to the French Admiral's ship , the L'Orient , who had swam to the Goliath , and were cowering under her forecastle . Poor fellows ! they were brought on board , and Cap- tain Foley ordered them down to the steward's ...
Side 167
... French soldiers lying among the dead , but not dead or dying themselves . They were very gay , and Lord Arthur got off and gave three or four of them some gin and water out of a bottle he had , and they all called him ' Mon Général ...
... French soldiers lying among the dead , but not dead or dying themselves . They were very gay , and Lord Arthur got off and gave three or four of them some gin and water out of a bottle he had , and they all called him ' Mon Général ...
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AT THE FUNERAL OF GEORGE II | 74 |
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Admiral appeared arms army attack ball battle became boats boys British cannon Captain Hardy carriage cavalry Chartist cheers Colonel crowd dead deck Disraeli dress Duke of Wellington E. F. Benson Edinburgh Review enemy enemy's England English extract eyes fire fleet followed French Further Reading gave gentlemen George George II Greville Memoirs guard guns hand head heard Horace Walpole horse hour House infantry John John Woolman killed King King's Lady letter Lieutenant London looked Lord Hervey Lord Nelson Lord Palmerston Lord Raglan Lord Wellington Lordship marched minutes morning Murray never night o'clock officers Oxford passed person poor Prince prisoners Queen Queen Victoria regiment returned round Rovers Royal seemed sent ship shot shout side signal soldiers soon Source speech squadron streets struck told took town troops victory walked Whig whole wounded