History of the Late War Between Great Britain and the United States of America: With a Retrospective View of the Causes ... to which is Added an Appendix, Containing Public Documents &c., Relating to the SubjectT. Sewell, 1832 - 300 страница |
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... frigate , ) Captain Dacres , and the Constitution , ( American frigate , ) Cap- tain Hull , met - the former of which rated thirty - eight guns but mounted forty - nine and mustered at quar- ters , at the commencement of the action ...
... frigate , ) Captain Dacres , and the Constitution , ( American frigate , ) Cap- tain Hull , met - the former of which rated thirty - eight guns but mounted forty - nine and mustered at quar- ters , at the commencement of the action ...
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... frigate Constitution , bearing down before the wind . She immediately made sail and gave chase ; all hands were called to quarters and the ship cleared for action . At about twenty minutes past four , the frigates came to close quarters ...
... frigate Constitution , bearing down before the wind . She immediately made sail and gave chase ; all hands were called to quarters and the ship cleared for action . At about twenty minutes past four , the frigates came to close quarters ...
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... frigates , viz . - the Constitution , the President and the United States , which were originally intended for line of battle ships , and are of one thousand six hundred tons burthen and up- wards , admeasurement . They carry fourteen ...
... frigates , viz . - the Constitution , the President and the United States , which were originally intended for line of battle ships , and are of one thousand six hundred tons burthen and up- wards , admeasurement . They carry fourteen ...
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... frigates from going alongside of them , unless assisted by some additional force ? " It should be remembered by the British public , that a captain of a British thirty - two gun frigate mount- ing only twelve pounder carronades , is ...
... frigates from going alongside of them , unless assisted by some additional force ? " It should be remembered by the British public , that a captain of a British thirty - two gun frigate mount- ing only twelve pounder carronades , is ...
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... frigates ? The answer is easy - our frigates cannot stow them ; and if stow them , or rather crowd them , they could not take the necessary supplies of provisions for the usual period of a common foreign service , in which British ship ...
... frigates ? The answer is easy - our frigates cannot stow them ; and if stow them , or rather crowd them , they could not take the necessary supplies of provisions for the usual period of a common foreign service , in which British ship ...
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