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... sail we again got sight of two a little after three A. M. , about two miles on our lee beam ; the helm was immediately put up , but the sails were hardly trimmed when the third was observed on the starboard tack on our larboard bow ; we ...
... sail we again got sight of two a little after three A. M. , about two miles on our lee beam ; the helm was immediately put up , but the sails were hardly trimmed when the third was observed on the starboard tack on our larboard bow ; we ...
Page 194
... sail . On coming near enough to make out that they were both single - decked ships , I deter- mined to bring them to action , having every confi- dence in the Officers and crew of this ship . The action began at half - past nine , the ...
... sail . On coming near enough to make out that they were both single - decked ships , I deter- mined to bring them to action , having every confi- dence in the Officers and crew of this ship . The action began at half - past nine , the ...
Page 221
... 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 within a quarter of a cable's length . With grief I ...
... 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 within a quarter of a cable's length . With grief I ...
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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