 The merchant ships, as well as the menof-war, consisting, at that time, of the Esmeralda, a large 40 gun frigate, and two sloops of war, were moored under the guns of the castle within a semicircle of fourteen gunboats, and a boom made of spars chained...  The Literary magnet of the belles lettres, science, and the fine arts, ed ... - Page 63edited by - 1825Full view - About this book
 | Basil Hall - Chile - 1824 - 414 pages
...consisting, at that time, of the Esmeralda, a large 40 gun frigate, and two sloops of war, were moored under the guns of the castle within a semicircle of...gun-boats, and a boom made of spars chained together. Lord Cochrane having previously reconnoitred these formidable defences in person, undertook, on the... | |
 | Basil Hall - 1824 - 492 pages
...consisting, at that time, of the Esmeralda, a large 4O gun frigate, and two sloops of war, were moored under the guns of the castle, within a semicircle of fourteen gun-boats, and a boom made of spurs chained together. Lord Cochrane having previously reconnoitred these formidable defences, in... | |
 | Charles Stuart Cochrane - Cochrane, Charles Stuart - 1825 - 556 pages
...Callao, the seaport of Lima. Here his lordship undertook what appeared to be a desperate enterprize, the cutting out the Spanish ship Esmeralda, a large...frigate was most gallantly captured, and was steered triumphantly out of the harbour, under the fire of the whole of the north face of the castle. The Spaniards,... | |
 | Charles Stuart Cochrane - Bogota - Descripciones y viajes - 1825 - 548 pages
...Callao, the seaport of Lima. Here his lordship undertook what appeared to be a desperate enterprize, the cutting out the Spanish ship Esmeralda, a large...midnight on the 5th of November, were perhaps never surpa;>sed : the frigate was most gallantly captured, and was steered triumphantly out of the harbour,... | |
 | Charles Stuart Cochrane - Cochrane, Charles Stuart - 1825 - 552 pages
...Callao, the seaport of Lima. Here his lordship undertook what appeared to be a desperate enterprize, the cutting out the Spanish ship Esmeralda, a large...under the guns of the castle, within a semicircle ol' fourteen gun-boats, and a boom made of spars chained together. The coolness and intrepidity with... | |
 | Old Sailor - Naval biography - 1826 - 534 pages
...consisting, at the time, of the Jismeralda, a large 40 gun frigate, and two sloops of war, were moored under the guns of the castle within a semicircle of...gun-boats, and a boom made of spars chained together. Lord Oochrane having previously reconnoitred these formidable defences in person, undertook, on the... | |
 | Great Britain - 1833 - 600 pages
...hundred and forty men, came near to the Esmeralda, a large forty-gun frigate, moored under the guns, with a semicircle of fourteen gun-boats, and a boom made of spars chained together. Having passed the boom, Lord Cochrane, who was leading, rowed alongside the first gun-boat, and taking... | |
 | 1834 - 508 pages
...men, came near to the Esmeralda, a large forty-gun frigate, moored under the THK MIRROR. guns, with a semicircle of fourteen gun-boats, and a boom made of spars chained together. Huviug passed the boom, Lord Cochrane, who was leading, rowed alongside the first gun-boat, and taking... | |
 | John Campbell - 1841 - 604 pages
...the Esmeralda, a large 40-gun frigate, and two sloops of war, were moored under the guns of thecastle within a semicircle of fourteen gun-boats, and a boom made of spars chained together. Lord Cochrane having previously reconnoitred these formidable defences in person, undertook, on the... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1847 - 674 pages
...consisting at the time of the Esmeralda, a large forty-gun frigate, and two sloops of war, were moored under the guns of the castle, within a semicircle...gun-boats, and a boom made of spars chained together. Lord Cochrane, having previously reconnoitred these formidable defences in person, undertook, on the... | |
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