I must now account for the Flora's getting away after having struck her colours. At the time I was engaged with that ship, the Bellona was raking us ; and when she struck, I had no boat that could possibly take possession of her. The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present - Page 476by 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
| 1812 - 1038 pages
...a state to follow. I must now account for the Flora's getting away after having struck her colour?. At the time I was engaged with that ship, the Bellona was raking ys ; and when she struck, I had no boat that could possibly take possession of her. I therefore preferred... | |
| Europe - 1813 - 544 pages
...in my power to prevent them, having no ship in a state to follow. I must now account for the Flora's getting away after having struck her colours. At the...Bellona and taking her, to losing time alongside the Flora, which I already considered belonging to us. I call on the officers of my own squadron, as well... | |
| Walter Scott - Europe - 1813 - 536 pages
...in my power to prevent them, having no ship in a state to follow. I must now account for the Flora's getting away after having struck her colours. At the...Bellona was raking us ; and when she struck, I had DO boat that could possibly take possession of her. I therefore preferred closing with the Bellona... | |
| 1813 - 532 pages
...in my power to prevent them, having no ship in a state to follow. I must now account for the Flora.i getting away after having struck her colours. At the time I was engaged with that chip, the Bellona was raking us ; and when she struck, I had no boat that could possibly take possession... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1825 - 854 pages
...struck her colours. At thc'time I was engaged with that ship, the Bellona was raking us ; and'when she struck, I had 'no boat that could possibly take...Bellona and taking her, to losing time alongside the Flora, which I already considered belonging to us. I call on the officers of my own squadron, as well... | |
| John William Norie - Anglo-French War, 1793-1802 - 1827 - 632 pages
...time with the Bellona, and having no boat that could possibly take possession of her ; Capt. Hoste, therefore, preferred closing with the Bellona and taking her, to losing time alongside the Flora, which he already considered as belonging to him, and in which light she was abo looked upon... | |
| John Cow - Naval architecture - 1829 - 112 pages
...water-proofing has been brought. t Vide London Gazette, May 18, 1811. '' ' ' I must now account for the Flora's getting away after having struck her colours. At the...boat that could possibly take possession of her." Also at the capture of the Rivoli by the Victorious, in the Adriatic, in April, 1812, the latter ship's... | |
| Great Britain - 1830 - 494 pages
...no ship in a state to follow them. " I must now account for the Flore's getting away after she had struck her colours. At the time I was engaged with...taking her, to losing time alongside the Flore, which ship I already considered belonging to us. I call on the officers of my own squadron, as well as those... | |
| 1830 - 478 pages
...no ship in a state to follow them. " I must now account for the Flore's getting away after she had struck her colours. At the time I was engaged with...taking her, to losing time alongside the Flore, which ship I already considered belonging to us. I call on the officers of my own squadron, as well as those... | |
| Sir William Hoste (1st Bart.) - Great Britain - 1833 - 352 pages
...was it in my power to prevent them, having no ship to follow them. I must now account for the Flora's getting away, after having struck her colours. At...Bellona, and taking her, to losing time alongside the Flora, which I already considered belonging to us. I call on the officers of my own squadron, as well... | |
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