 Captains are to look to their particular line as their rallying point. But, in case signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood, no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy.  Fleet Tactics Under Steam - Page 5by Foxhall Alexander Parker - 1870 - 250 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones - Europe - 1805 - 584 pages
...ti Distances will admit. Captains are to look to their particular line, as their rallying point; but in case signals cannot be seen, or clearly understood,...if he places his Ship alongside that of an enemy. The divisions of the British fleet will be brought nearly within gun-shot of the enemy's centre. The... | |
 | Archibald Duncan - 1806 - 380 pages
...circumstances will admit. Captains are to look to their particular line as their rallying point; but in case signals cannot be seen, or clearly understood,...very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an tntmy. ( Advanced squadron . . 8 British Divisions < Weather line .... iff (Lee line . 16" Enemy ................... | |
 | James Harrison (biographer of Nelson.) - 1806 - 522 pages
...circumstances will admit. Captains are to look to their particular line as their rallying point ; but, in case signals cannot be seen, or clearly understood, no captain can do wrong, if he places his skip alongside that of an enemy. f Advanced Squadron 81 British Divisions <... | |
 | sir William Beatty - 1807 - 114 pages
...circumstances will admit. Captains are to look to their particular line as their rallying-point ; but in case signals cannot be seen or clearly understood,...if he places his ship alongside that of an Enemy. PLAN of the intended attack from to-windward, the Enemy in line of battle ready to receive an attack:... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1813 - 306 pages
...that of a close and decisive action, " would supply any deficiency of signals, « and act accordingly. In case signals « cannot be seen or clearly understood, no " captain can do wrong if he places his " ship alongside that of an enemy." One of the last orders of this admirable... | |
 | Edward Pelham Brenton - Great Britain - 1824 - 588 pages
...the circumstances will admit. Captains are to look to their particular line as a rallying point, but in case signals cannot be seen or clearly understood, no captain can do wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy. If the enemy's fleet are discovered in line... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1830 - 354 pages
...be that of a close and decisive action, would supply any deficiency of signals, and act accordingly. In case signals cannot be seen or clearly understood, no captain can do wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy." One of the last orders of this admirable man... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - Great Britain - 1835 - 352 pages
...of signals, and they would act accordingly : his concluding remark is truly worthy of record : — ' In case signals cannot be seen or clearly understood, no captain can do wrong, if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy.' At half past nine on the morning of the nineteenth,... | |
 | William Nugent Glascock - Great Britain - 1836 - 730 pages
...particular line as their rallying point ; but in case signals can neither be seen nor be perfectly understood, no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy ! " FINIS. INDEX TO VOL. II. GUNNER. PAGE Arms, Cleaning 35 Breechings, Spare 35 Carronades and Slides... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Matthew Henry Barker - 1836 - 500 pages
...their particular line as their rallying point ; but, in case signals can neither be seen nor .perfectly understood, no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy. KE Nelson's Instructions to his Officers. "Of the intended attack from to windward, the enemy in line... | |
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