Bulletins and Other State IntelligenceCompiled and arranged from the official documents published in the London gazette., 1808 |
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Page 65
... close as the wind would allow us , which was within half pistol - shot , when we opened our fire . The action continued about half an hour , when the enemy hauled down their colours ; on boarding she proved to be the Dutch Republican ...
... close as the wind would allow us , which was within half pistol - shot , when we opened our fire . The action continued about half an hour , when the enemy hauled down their colours ; on boarding she proved to be the Dutch Republican ...
Page 90
... close with them before seven o'clock ; at that time , being within point - blank shot , the armed vessels handed their sails , and forming a close line , swept towards us , indi- cating an intention to board . The just confidence I ...
... close with them before seven o'clock ; at that time , being within point - blank shot , the armed vessels handed their sails , and forming a close line , swept towards us , indi- cating an intention to board . The just confidence I ...
Page 221
... close fight , when he hauled up also , and made all sail ; but perceiving that we came fast up with him , and that an action was inevitable , he tacked , and at three we passed each other on opposite tacks , and re - commenced action ...
... close fight , when he hauled up also , and made all sail ; but perceiving that we came fast up with him , and that an action was inevitable , he tacked , and at three we passed each other on opposite tacks , and re - commenced action ...
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74 guns action Admiral Admiralty Admiralty-Office anchor arms artillery attack August ballast batteries beg leave board His Majesty's boats brig brigade Brigadier-General Britannic Majesty British BULLETIN Cadiz captured carronades Centaur Cochrane Collingwood command Commander-in-Chief conduct Copy Danish schooner Danish sloop dated on board detachment dispatch ditto eighteen-pounders embarked enemy enemy's Excellency file killed fire force four-pounders French army French troops frigate gallant garrison Governor gun-boats Harbour hundred instant Island jesty's John killed and wounded Langeland letter from Captain Letter from Vice-Admiral Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel LONDON GAZETTE Lord Collingwood Lords Commissioners Lordship Majesty's Ship Majesty's sloop Major-General Marie Galante morning Nyborg o'clock Officers port Portugal prisoners rank and file Rear-Admiral Rear-Admiral Sir received regiment royal royal marines sail Scylla seaman serjeant Ships and Vessels shore shot Signed Sir Samuel Hood six-pounders slightly wounded Spanish squadron surrender Tagus Thomas tons twenty-four-pounders Vice-Admiral Viscount Castlereagh W. W. Pole William