 Something must be left to chance ; nothing is sure in a Sea Fight beyond all others. Shot will carry away the masts and yards of friends as well as foes ; but I look with confidence to a Victory before the Van of the Enemy could succour their Rear...  The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present - Page 123by Sir William Laird Clowes, Sir Clements Robert Markham, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Herbert Wrigley Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, Leonard George Carr Laughton - 1900Full view - About this book
 | James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones - Europe - 1805 - 584 pages
...line ; British forty; if cither is less, only a proportional number of the enemy's Ships are to be cut off. Something must be left to chance, nothing is sure in a sea fight beyond all others ; shot will carry away masts and yards of friends, as well as foes : but... | |
 | James Harrison (biographer of Nelson.) - 1806 - 522 pages
...the line, British forty : if either is less, only a proportion of the enemy to be cut off. British to to be one-fourth superior to the enemy cut off. Something...Nothing is sure in a sea-fight, beyond all others; shots will carry away masts and yards of friends as well as foes. But I look with confidence to a victory,... | |
 | sir William Beatty - 1807 - 114 pages
...British, forty : ' if either is less, only a proportional number of Enemy's ships are to be cut off; British to be one-fourth superior to the Enemy cut...sea-fight, beyond all others ; shot will carry away masts and yards of friends as well as foes : but I look with confidence to a victory before the van... | |
 | Edward Pelham Brenton - Great Britain - 1824 - 588 pages
...sail of the line—British forty—if either is less, only a proportion of the enemy to be cut off. British to be one-fourth superior to the enemy cut off; something must be loft to chance ; nothing is sure in a sea-fight beyond all others. Shots will carry away masts and... | |
 | William Nugent Glascock - Great Britain - 1826 - 320 pages
...enemy's ships are to be cut-off. Something must be left to chance; nothing is sure in a seafight, above all others : shot will carry away the masts and yards of friends as well as foes ; but I look with confidence to a victory before their van co aid succour the rear. The Second... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Matthew Henry Barker - 1836 - 500 pages
...fleet of 40. If either be less, only a proportionate number of the enemy's ships are to be cut off; British to be one-fourth superior to the enemy cut...nothing is sure in a sea-fight beyond all others. Shots will carry away the masts and yards of friends as well as foes ; but I look with confidence to... | |
 | William Nugent Glascock - Great Britain - 1836 - 730 pages
...observations are added the remarks contained in the " OFFICIAL MEMORANDUM " of the immortal Nelson : — " Something must be left to chance ; nothing is sure in a sea-fight, above all others : shot will carry away the masts and yards of friends as well as foes ; but I look... | |
 | Edward Pelham Brenton - Great Britain - 1837 - 778 pages
...46 sail of the line; British 40 ; if either is less, only a proportion of the enemy to be cut off. British to be one-fourth superior to the enemy cut...nothing is sure in a sea-fight beyond all others. Shots will carry away masts and yards of friends as well as foes; but I look with confidence to a victory... | |
 | William James - Great Britain - 1837 - 408 pages
...either is less, only a proportionate number of enemy's ships are to be cut off. British to be one fourth superior to the enemy cut off. Something must be left to chance. Nothing is sure in a sea fight, beyond all others : shot will carry away the masts and yards of friends as well as of foes... | |
 | George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - Great Britain - 1844 - 928 pages
...number of the enemy's ships are to be cut off. British tobe one- fourth superior to the enemy they cut off. Something must be left to chance. Nothing is sure in a sea-fight: shot will carry away the masts and yards of friends as well as of foes ; but I look with confidence... | |
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