Sketches of the Last Naval War, Volume 1Longman, Brown, 1848 |
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Aboukir action Admiral Hotham Admiral Jervis Admiral Martin Admiralty already anchored army attack Austrian battle Beaulieu better boats Bonaparte brave Brest British navy Brueys Ca-ira Cadiz Captain capture Censeur coast Collingwood command convoy Corsica courage crews Culloden danger Décrès defeat defence destined discipline Duchayla duty enemy enemy's engaged England English fleet English navy English ships English squadron equal fatal favour fire flag force formidable fought France French fleet French navy French ships frigates Genoa glorious glory Gravière Guillaume Tell guns honour island leeward line-of-battle line-of-battle ships Lord Hood Lord St manded manœuvre Marine masts Mediterranean ment mutiny naval Nelson never night Nile notwithstanding officers orders Peuple Souverain port rear Rear-Admiral sail sailors San Fiorenzo Sardinia seamen shore shot signal Sir John Jervis Spain Spanish fleet Spartiate success Suffren superior tactics taken Thiers Tonnant Toulon Trafalgar troops Troubridge Vanguard victory Villeneuve Vincent wrote