The Scots Magazine, Volume 41Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, 1779 - English literature |
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Page 73
... vessels ; in which the Ad- miral performed the different parts of a commander , inferior officer , and pilot , with his ufual ability and perfeverance . Having proceeded up the Elk , as far as it was capable of admitting their paf- fage ...
... vessels ; in which the Ad- miral performed the different parts of a commander , inferior officer , and pilot , with his ufual ability and perfeverance . Having proceeded up the Elk , as far as it was capable of admitting their paf- fage ...
Page 88
... vessels attempt- ing to efcape from the island . More than half the troops were land- ed the fame morning , under the direc- tion of the Comm dore , affifted by the Capts Griffith , Braithwaite , and Onflow , and the remainder the next ...
... vessels attempt- ing to efcape from the island . More than half the troops were land- ed the fame morning , under the direc- tion of the Comm dore , affifted by the Capts Griffith , Braithwaite , and Onflow , and the remainder the next ...
Page 269
... guns , and carrying ( computing 80 men for each vessel at an average ) upwards of 9600 feamen ; and they had taken 165 prizes . prizes . Many of the officers in the army and May 1779 . 269 America : Operations in the Weft Indies .
... guns , and carrying ( computing 80 men for each vessel at an average ) upwards of 9600 feamen ; and they had taken 165 prizes . prizes . Many of the officers in the army and May 1779 . 269 America : Operations in the Weft Indies .
Page 276
... vessels taken and destroyed . La Danae ; 34 guns , 250 men , defert- ed by her crew , boarded by the boats of the fleet , brought off , and ordered to Portfmouth or Plymouth , under the com- mand of Lieut . Rothe , 1ft of the Expe ...
... vessels taken and destroyed . La Danae ; 34 guns , 250 men , defert- ed by her crew , boarded by the boats of the fleet , brought off , and ordered to Portfmouth or Plymouth , under the com- mand of Lieut . Rothe , 1ft of the Expe ...
Page 335
... vessels * ; and also so much of an act 20 Geo . III . for the better fup- plying the cities of London and Westminster with fib , & c . as grants any protection to the perfons therein defcribed from being impressed ; and also so much of ...
... vessels * ; and also so much of an act 20 Geo . III . for the better fup- plying the cities of London and Westminster with fib , & c . as grants any protection to the perfons therein defcribed from being impressed ; and also so much of ...
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