 The court is of opinion, that the conduct of Captain Willoughby was injudicious in making the signal, ' Enemy of inferior force,' to the Sirius, she being the only ship in sight, and not justifiable, as the enemy evidently was superior. But the court...  The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present - Page 462by 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
 | John Marshall - Biography - 1828 - 498 pages
...carried into battle '' (on the twentythird) "in aMOST JUDICIOUS, OFFICER-LIKE, AND GALLANT MANNED; and the Court cannot do otherwise than express its...and that no blame whatever attaches to them for the loss of the said ship : the Court doth therefore adjudge Captain Willoughby, the officers, and ship's... | |
 | William James - 1837 - 436 pages
...injudicious in making the signal, ' Enemy of inferior force,' to the Sinus, she being the only ship in sight, and not justifiable, as the enemy evidently was superior....unequal contest, and is further of opinion that the Nercide was not surrendered to the enemy until she was disabled in every respect, so as to render all... | |
 | William James - Great Britain - 1837 - 436 pages
...in making the signal, ' Enemy of inferior force,' to the Sirius, she being the only ship in sight, and not justifiable, as the enemy evidently was superior....and ship's company during the whole of the unequal * See p. 200. contest, and is further of opinion that the Nereide was not surrendered to the enemy... | |
 | Religion - 1840 - 308 pages
...acquitted, the Court expressed their opinion that Sir N.Willoughby's ship had been carried into action 'in a most judicious, officer-like, •and gallant...company during the whole of the unequal contest,' &c. The <3overnor - General of India (Lord Minto), in describing Sir N. "Willoughby's conduct, says... | |
 | 486 pages
...carried into battle in a most judicious, officer-like, and gallant manner;" expressing at the same time its " high admiration of the noble conduct of the...officers, and ship's company, during the whole of their unequal contest." iStograpfjtcal S>krtrt)es of Bisttngutsfjelr Officers. No. VIII. GENERAL THE... | |
 | Charles Pridham - Great Britain - 1849 - 452 pages
...II. MS Nereide was carried into action in a most judicious, officer-like, and gallant manner; and tho court cannot do otherwise than express its high admiration...unequal contest, and is further of opinion that the Nfr&de was not surrendered to the enemy until she was completely disabled, so as to render further... | |
 | Joseph Allen - Great Britain - 1852 - 660 pages
...carried into battle in a most judicious, officer-like, and gallant manner ; expressing at the same time its " high admiration of the noble conduct of the...officers, and ship's company, during the whole of their unequal contest." 1810.] BOATS OP DREADNOUGHT OFF CSHANT. 337 On the 29th of August, being off... | |
 | 1879 - 826 pages
...to the Sirius, she being the only ship in sight, and the enemy evidently superior. But the court was of opinion that his Majesty's late ship Nereide was...of the captain, officers, and ship's company during tho whole of the unequal contest.' This action was fought in August 1810, and formed a sort of preliminary... | |
 | 1879 - 820 pages
...and the enemy evidently superior. But the court was of opinion that his Majesty's late ship Néréide was carried into battle in a most judicious, officer-like,...of the captain, officers, and ship's company during tho whole of the unequal contest.' This action was fought in August 1810, and formed a sort of preliminary... | |
 | Great Britain - 1922 - 1410 pages
...carried into battle in a most judicious, officer-like, and gallant manner,' and formally expressed ' its high admiration of the noble conduct of the captain,...company during the whole of the unequal contest." The sentence, concluding with a ' most honourable ' acquittal, has been correctly described as ' unprecedented... | |
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