 | William James - 1837 - 632 páginas
...fast to her, the veteran boatswain, Mr. Stevens (he had fought in Rodney's action), had his left arm hacked off with repeated sabre cuts, and was mortally wounded by musketry. The midshipman commanding on the forecastle, Mr. Samwell, was also mortally wounded. Accompanied by the... | |
 | Matthew Henry Barker - 1854 - 380 páginas
...shot away, the Brillante fell on board the Sea Nymph, with her quarter pressing upon the latter 's side, just before her starboard main chains. The French...the same * This circumstance actually took place. time shot dead upon the forecastle. Accompanied bj about twenty stout tars, Captain Dalrymple now stepped... | |
 | William James - 2002 - 588 páginas
...fast to her, the veteran boatswain, Mr. Stevens (he had fought in Rodney's action), had his left arm hacked off with repeated sabre cuts, and was mortally wounded by musketry. The midshipman commanding on the forecastle, Mr. Samwell, was also mortally wounded. Accompanied by the... | |
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... and Lieutenant George Thomas L. Watt, the first lieutenant, to bring up the quarterdeck men, who were all boarders. While zealously employed outside the bulwark of the Shannon, making the Chesapeake fast to her, the veteran boatswain, Mr. Stevens... 