I had the happiness to command, and judging that the honour of His Majesty's arms, and the circumstances of the war in these seas, required a considerable degree of enterprize, I felt myself justified in departing from the regular system... The Life and Reign of William the Fourth - Page 264by George Newenham Wright, John Watkins - 1837 - 868 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alfred Thayer Mahan - Naval history - 1918 - 662 pages
...be stormed this evening,' he knew well that it would be nobly understood" (Napier's Peninsular War). "Judging that the honour of his Majesty's arms, and...seas, required a considerable degree of enterprise, I felt myself justified in departing from tha regular system" {Sir John Jervis's Report of the Battle... | |
| Wilkinson Dent Bird - Strategy - 1920 - 364 pages
...Vincent because he felt that England was in need of a victory. After the battle he reported that judging "the circumstances of the war in these seas required a considerable degree of enterprise I felt myself justified in departing from the regular system." In 1809 it was open to Wellington, who... | |
| Alfred Thayer Mahan - History - 1987 - 660 pages
...stormed this evening,' he knew well that it would be nobly understood " (Napier's Peninsular Warl. "Judging that the honour of his Majesty's arms, and the circumstances of the war in thcse s*as, reqnired a considerable degree of enterprise, I felt myself justified in departing from... | |
| Alfred Thayer Mahan - History - 1987 - 660 pages
...understood" (Napier's Peninsular War). ".lodging that the honour of his Majesty's arms, and the cireumstances of the war in these seas, required a considerable degree of enterprise, I felt myself justified in departing from the regnlar system " (Sir John Jervis's Report of the Battle... | |
| Robert Huish - 1837 - 744 pages
...from connecting, and to cut off all that portion which had fallen to leeward. Such a moment was not be lost, and the gallant admiral, judging that the...system. Accordingly, passing through the enemy's fleet ma line, he formed with the utmost alacrity — attacked — and thereby separated one-third of the... | |
| Wilkinson Dent Bird - Strategy - 1925 - 398 pages
...Vincent because he felt that England was in need of a victory. After the battle he reported that judging "the circumstances of the war in these seas required a considerable degree of enterprise I felt myself justified in departing from the regular system." stood near Merida, or that under Soult... | |
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