Bulletins and Other State IntelligenceCompiled and arranged from the official documents published in the London gazette., 1808 |
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Page 52
... sides : our guns however covered their retreat ; and I had the satisfaction of sending off these brave peasants to Messina without leaving a man in the enemy's hands . The force which General Regnier had brought to besiege Scylla ...
... sides : our guns however covered their retreat ; and I had the satisfaction of sending off these brave peasants to Messina without leaving a man in the enemy's hands . The force which General Regnier had brought to besiege Scylla ...
Page 85
... side , which I am surprised at , having ob- served from the ship the heavy fire kept up by the enemy . A Danish boat , with five men in , having the temerity to persist in endeavouring to retake one of the vessels , although repeatedly ...
... side , which I am surprised at , having ob- served from the ship the heavy fire kept up by the enemy . A Danish boat , with five men in , having the temerity to persist in endeavouring to retake one of the vessels , although repeatedly ...
Page 188
... side , ( the only side we could bring to bear on the enemy ) , and several of the Officers and crew killed and wounded . Every method was used to get the Seagull round , so as to bring the starboard guns to bear , but without effect ...
... side , ( the only side we could bring to bear on the enemy ) , and several of the Officers and crew killed and wounded . Every method was used to get the Seagull round , so as to bring the starboard guns to bear , but without effect ...
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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