 Rear-Ships of the Enemy would act as they please, and our Ships would give a good account of them, should they persist in mixing with our Ships. The other mode would be, to stand under an easy but commanding sail, directly for their headmost Ship, so...  The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present - Page 100by 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
 | Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Matthew Henry Barker - 1836 - 500 pages
...would certainly be decisive : the second or third rear ships of the enemy would act as they please, and our ships would give a good account of them, should...ships. The other mode would be to stand under an easy and commanding sail directly for their headmost ship, so as to prevent the enemy from knowing whether... | |
 | William James - Great Britain - 1837 - 416 pages
...and conduct of the admirals and captains, would certainly be decisive ; the second or third rearships of the enemy would act as they pleased, and our ships...whether I should pass to leeward or to windward of liim. In that situation, I would make the signal to engage the enemy to leeward, and to cut through... | |
 | Horatio Nelson (1st visct.) - 1846 - 560 pages
...would certainly bo decisive : the second or third Rear-Ships of the Enemy would act as they please, and our Ships would give a good account of them, should they persist in mixirg with our Ships. The other mode would be, to stand under «n easy but commanding sail, directly... | |
 | Charles Duke Yonge - 1866 - 552 pages
...Captains, would certainly be decisive : the second or rear-ships of the enemj would act as they please, and our ships would give a good account of them, should...enemy from knowing whether I should pass to leeward or windward of him. In that situation, I would make the signal to engage the enemy to leeward, and to... | |
 | George Lathom Browne - Admirals - 1891 - 576 pages
...would certainly be decisive ,. the second or third rear ships of the enemy would act as they please, and our ships would give a good account of them, should...enemy from knowing whether I should pass to leeward or windward of them. In that situation I would engage the enemy to leeward, and to cut through their fleet... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - Admirals - 1897 - 524 pages
...would certainly be decisive : the second or third Rear-Ships of the Enemy would act as they please, and our Ships would give a good account of them, should...Enemy from knowing whether I should pass to leeward or windward of him. In that situation, I would nutke the signal to engage the Enemy to leeward, and to... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - Biography & Autobiography - 1897 - 540 pages
...would certainly be decisive : the second or third Rear-Ships of the Enemy would act as thev please, and our Ships would give a good account of them, should...Enemy from knowing whether I should pass to leeward or windward of him. In that situation, I would make the signal to engage the Enemy to leeward, and to... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - Admirals - 1899 - 896 pages
...would certainly be decisive : the second or third Rear-Ships of the Enemy would act as they please, and our Ships would give a good account of them, should...Ships. The other mode would be, to stand under an easy bnt commanding sail, directly for their headmost Ship, so as to prevent the Enemy from knowing whether... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - Admirals - 1899 - 918 pages
...decisive : the second or third Rear-Ships of the Enemy would act as they please, and our Ships wonld give a good account of them, should they persist in mixing with onr Ships. The other mode would be, to stand under an easy bnt commanding sail, directly for their... | |
 | Gabriel Darrieus - Naval art and science - 1908 - 340 pages
...decisive; the (tzvo or three) rear-ships of the enemy would act as they please, and our ships mould give a good account of them should they persist in...enemy from knowing whether I should pass to leeward or windward of him. In that situation I would make the signal to engage the enemy to leeward, and to cut... | |
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