Annual Register, Volume 26Edmund Burke 1785 |
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Page 42
... ships in the most advantageous pofitions for covering and protecting the numerous veffels which lay within fide of them , and in clapping fprings upon their cables , in or- der that they might bring their broad fides to bear full upon ...
... ships in the most advantageous pofitions for covering and protecting the numerous veffels which lay within fide of them , and in clapping fprings upon their cables , in or- der that they might bring their broad fides to bear full upon ...
Page 43
... ships of the line , and thefe entirely out of condition , and unprepared , lying without fhelter in the open road of Ma- dras ; and he confidered them as a cheap and eafy prey already in his hands . The lofs of the nu- merous trading ...
... ships of the line , and thefe entirely out of condition , and unprepared , lying without fhelter in the open road of Ma- dras ; and he confidered them as a cheap and eafy prey already in his hands . The lofs of the nu- merous trading ...
Page 45
... ships , under the most approved commanders , were idle fpectators in the van , without a poffibility of coming to the affiftance of their fellows . Sir E. Hughes was in the Superbe , of 74 guns , which formed the central hip ; the four ...
... ships , under the most approved commanders , were idle fpectators in the van , without a poffibility of coming to the affiftance of their fellows . Sir E. Hughes was in the Superbe , of 74 guns , which formed the central hip ; the four ...
Page 46
... that garrifon , when , on the 30th of March , he was joined by the Sultan and Magnanime fhips of war , of 74 guns each , from England . Thefe ships , fhips , having had a very tedious and bad paffage 46 ] ANNUAL REGISTER , 1783 .
... that garrifon , when , on the 30th of March , he was joined by the Sultan and Magnanime fhips of war , of 74 guns each , from England . Thefe ships , fhips , having had a very tedious and bad paffage 46 ] ANNUAL REGISTER , 1783 .
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... ship with- out fighting . The lofs of men on the French fide , as ftated in their published account , by no means accords with former experience , any more than with the nature and circum- ftances of the action , the acknow- ledged ...
... ship with- out fighting . The lofs of men on the French fide , as ftated in their published account , by no means accords with former experience , any more than with the nature and circum- ftances of the action , the acknow- ledged ...
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