Blackwood's Magazine, Volumes 259-260W. Blackwood, 1946 - England |
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Page 306
... command and imprisonment . 66 In June 1798 Nelson's long - term planning aboard La Minerve bore fruit when his small independent squadron in the Mediterranean was reinforced by one under Troubridge and Louis . The vultures were gather ...
... command and imprisonment . 66 In June 1798 Nelson's long - term planning aboard La Minerve bore fruit when his small independent squadron in the Mediterranean was reinforced by one under Troubridge and Louis . The vultures were gather ...
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... command of a detached squadron was specially employed by Lord Corn- wallis to deal with General Humbert , who had effected a landing with eight hundred men at Killala , sent General Lake with a force three times as large to the right ...
... command of a detached squadron was specially employed by Lord Corn- wallis to deal with General Humbert , who had effected a landing with eight hundred men at Killala , sent General Lake with a force three times as large to the right ...
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... command , no doubt did his best , but , like Pack's ' Hidalgos , ' the courage of his troops was of a vastly changeable nature , " and on this occasion changed for the worse . Pack says : " A more dis- tressingly anxious command I never ...
... command , no doubt did his best , but , like Pack's ' Hidalgos , ' the courage of his troops was of a vastly changeable nature , " and on this occasion changed for the worse . Pack says : " A more dis- tressingly anxious command I never ...
Contents
AMATEUR JOCKEY | 19 |
A ROPE FOR HIS EXCELLENCY BY A M G | 269 |
ATHOS AN ESCAPISTS PARADISE BY CAPTAIN J B DAVID | 329 |
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