Bulletins and Other State IntelligenceCompiled and arranged from the official documents published in the London gazette., 1808 |
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Page 70
... gun - boats and a nu- merous train of flying artillery on the beach . At three P. M. the convoy being off Rota , Captain Max- well with his little squadron attacked them , and after having destroyed two of their gun - boats , driven the ...
... gun - boats and a nu- merous train of flying artillery on the beach . At three P. M. the convoy being off Rota , Captain Max- well with his little squadron attacked them , and after having destroyed two of their gun - boats , driven the ...
Page 71
... gun - boats and batteries going far over us , His Majesty's ships opened their fire , which was kept up with great vivacity until half - past six , when we had taken seven of the convoy , and drove a great many others on shore on the ...
... gun - boats and batteries going far over us , His Majesty's ships opened their fire , which was kept up with great vivacity until half - past six , when we had taken seven of the convoy , and drove a great many others on shore on the ...
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... gun- brig Rapid , I had the good fortune to fall in with two Spanish vessels from South America , under the protection of four gun - boats , when , after a short chase , they anchored under a battery close in with Faro , among the ...
... gun- brig Rapid , I had the good fortune to fall in with two Spanish vessels from South America , under the protection of four gun - boats , when , after a short chase , they anchored under a battery close in with Faro , among the ...
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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