 | Archibald Duncan - 1809 - 412 páginas
...might, by running up on the verge of the Buoyart shoal, have passed to leeward of the two Frenckships remaining at anchor. This I declare to have been absolutely...well from the raking fire of the two ships afloat, and of the upright one on shore, in our approach, and the fire of the batteries, as from the shoal... | |
 | Thomas Cochrane Earl of Dundonald - 1810 - 330 páginas
...appears from the following passage, c\traded from his Lordship's written Defence. " Lord Cochranc " has expressed an opinion, that two or three sail of...: as from the shoal <* water close under their lee ;" (p. 134,) and, consequently, the delay, which took place, was not only justifiable, but deserving... | |
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Cochrane has expressed opinion, that two or three sail of the line sent in on the morning of the 12th might, by running up on the verge of the Boyart shoal, have passed to leeward of the two French ships remaining at anchor. This I declare to have been... 