The Naval Gazetteer, Biographer, and Chronologist: Containing a History of the Late Wars, from Their Commencement in 1793 to Their Conclusion in 1801; and from Their Re-commencement in 1803 to Their Final Conclusion in 1815; and Continued, as to the Biographical Part, to the Present Time |
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... British Ships of War • IX . Commanding Officers , who lost their lives in the service of 404 433 439 446 449 ib . 450 451 Great Britain during the Wars .................... 475 X , General Statement of Ships captured from the different ...
... British Ships of War • IX . Commanding Officers , who lost their lives in the service of 404 433 439 446 449 ib . 450 451 Great Britain during the Wars .................... 475 X , General Statement of Ships captured from the different ...
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... British Naval Force , at the Commencement of Hostilities , February 1793 ....... 535 Statement of the Distribution of the British Naval Force , at the Conclusion of Hostilities , July 1815 .. ib . PART III . A Chronological Account of ...
... British Naval Force , at the Commencement of Hostilities , February 1793 ....... 535 Statement of the Distribution of the British Naval Force , at the Conclusion of Hostilities , July 1815 .. ib . PART III . A Chronological Account of ...
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... British squadron under the command of Rear - Adm . Sir James Saumarez , K. B. , consisting of the Cæsar , 80 , Rear - Adm . Sir James Saumarez , K. B. , Capt . J. Brenton ; Spencer , 74 , H. D'E . Darby ; Venerable , 74 , S. Hood ...
... British squadron under the command of Rear - Adm . Sir James Saumarez , K. B. , consisting of the Cæsar , 80 , Rear - Adm . Sir James Saumarez , K. B. , Capt . J. Brenton ; Spencer , 74 , H. D'E . Darby ; Venerable , 74 , S. Hood ...
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... British force , whose commander deter- mined , with his crippled ships and unequal numbers , to pursue the combined fleets , and to prevent their retreat under the batteries of Cadiz . " The splendour of the attempt , and its ...
... British force , whose commander deter- mined , with his crippled ships and unequal numbers , to pursue the combined fleets , and to prevent their retreat under the batteries of Cadiz . " The splendour of the attempt , and its ...
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... British skill and courage opposed to the stamina of the same qualities , though in an American bot- tom ; nor will the issue be thought to have tarnished the British flag , or afforded much cause of triumph to that of America , upon a ...
... British skill and courage opposed to the stamina of the same qualities , though in an American bot- tom ; nor will the issue be thought to have tarnished the British flag , or afforded much cause of triumph to that of America , upon a ...
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