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Page 62
... passed through the hull , her rigging much cut , and her Commander , Monsieur Carrege , mortally wounded . I am happy to add , that they were all got afloat the same night without injury , by the persevering activity of my Officers and ...
... passed through the hull , her rigging much cut , and her Commander , Monsieur Carrege , mortally wounded . I am happy to add , that they were all got afloat the same night without injury , by the persevering activity of my Officers and ...
Page 121
... passed her within mus- ket - shot to leeward , and gave her our larboard broad- side , with such effect , as to completely knock her up , so that she struck without firing a gun , the people having run from their quarters . Boats were ...
... passed her within mus- ket - shot to leeward , and gave her our larboard broad- side , with such effect , as to completely knock her up , so that she struck without firing a gun , the people having run from their quarters . Boats were ...
Page 221
... passed each other on opposite tacks , and re - commenced action within a quarter of a cable's length . With grief I have to observe , that our brave Captain was killed by a grape - shot the second broad- side . When the enemy was abaft ...
... passed each other on opposite tacks , and re - commenced action within a quarter of a cable's length . With grief I have to observe , that our brave Captain was killed by a grape - shot the second broad- side . When the enemy was abaft ...
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74 guns action Admiral Admiralty Admiralty-Office anchor arms artillery attack August ballast batteries beg leave board His Majesty's boats brig brigade Brigadier-General Britannic Majesty British BULLETIN Cadiz captured carronades Centaur Cochrane Collingwood command Commander-in-Chief conduct Copy Danish schooner Danish sloop dated on board detachment dispatch ditto eighteen-pounders embarked enemy enemy's Excellency file killed fire force four-pounders French army French troops frigate gallant garrison Governor gun-boats Harbour hundred instant Island jesty's John killed and wounded Langeland letter from Captain Letter from Vice-Admiral Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel LONDON GAZETTE Lord Collingwood Lords Commissioners Lordship Majesty's Ship Majesty's sloop Major-General Marie Galante morning Nyborg o'clock Officers port Portugal prisoners rank and file Rear-Admiral Rear-Admiral Sir received regiment royal royal marines sail Scylla seaman serjeant Ships and Vessels shore shot Signed Sir Samuel Hood six-pounders slightly wounded Spanish squadron surrender Tagus Thomas tons twenty-four-pounders Vice-Admiral Viscount Castlereagh W. W. Pole William