The Scots Magazine, Volume 41Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, 1779 - English literature |
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... fignal advantages in every inftance where it could be brought into action ) with the land force , and by conveying the army by fea to the place of its deftination , to elude all thofe dif ficulties by which the paffage through the ...
... fignal advantages in every inftance where it could be brought into action ) with the land force , and by conveying the army by fea to the place of its deftination , to elude all thofe dif ficulties by which the paffage through the ...
Page 80
... fignal was made to en gage ; and from whence I could eithe bear advantageously upon the right o the rebel - line , as it was then formed , o cannonade any body of troops in fan ! which they might detach into the wool to retard the ...
... fignal was made to en gage ; and from whence I could eithe bear advantageously upon the right o the rebel - line , as it was then formed , o cannonade any body of troops in fan ! which they might detach into the wool to retard the ...
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... fignal from the Ariadne . It therefore became neceffary to fecure the transports as well as we could in the bay , and the whole night was according ly employed in warping them within the fhips of war , and difpofing of the latter in a ...
... fignal from the Ariadne . It therefore became neceffary to fecure the transports as well as we could in the bay , and the whole night was according ly employed in warping them within the fhips of war , and difpofing of the latter in a ...
Page 92
... fignal for coming into the Vic- tory's wake was flying from three o ' clock in the afternoon till eight in the evening unobeyed : at the fame time he did not charge the Vice - Admiral with actual difobedience : he doubted not , bnt , if ...
... fignal for coming into the Vic- tory's wake was flying from three o ' clock in the afternoon till eight in the evening unobeyed : at the fame time he did not charge the Vice - Admiral with actual difobedience : he doubted not , bnt , if ...
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... fignal for a court- martial ; and the royal ftandard was hoifted in the ftarboard mizen fhrouds , as a fignal that the court - martial was to be held on an Admiral . At ten o'clock the Britannia fired a gun , and the Union jack was ...
... fignal for a court- martial ; and the royal ftandard was hoifted in the ftarboard mizen fhrouds , as a fignal that the court - martial was to be held on an Admiral . At ten o'clock the Britannia fired a gun , and the Union jack was ...
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