 Pierre, one ship of war could reach Sydney, and render the English fleet utterly powerless to move from their moorings. On every foreign station, whether on the Atlantic, or Pacific side of America, or in the East, the French naval force has been quietly...  Harold Overdon, ashore and afloat - Página 91de Chartley Castle (pseud.) - 1862Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1859 - 782 páginas
...French naval force has been quietly and unostentatiously increased, so that if war were to break put, they would be in the ascendant in every quarter. In...telegraphic communication, when news of hostility can lie transmitted with the rapidity of lightning, it ia not too much to say, that the Emperor, by his... | |
 | Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1860 - 416 páginas
...moorings. On every foreign station, whether on the Atlantic, or Pacific side of America, or in the East, the French naval force has been quietly and unostentatiously...rapidity of lightning, it is not too much to say, that the Emperor, by his foresight, judicious preparations, and well-concealed plans, could sweep the... | |
 | Victor Lovitt Oakes Chittick - 1924 - 730 páginas
...days of telegraphic communication," Haliburton concluded his cautioning against French duplicity, " when news of hostility can be transmitted with the rapidity of lightning, it is not too much to say, that the Emperor, by his foresight, judicious preparations, and well-concealed plans, could sweep the... | |
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