 | Robert Southey - 1813 - 276 páginas
...victory was the most complete and glorious in the annals of naval history. " Vic" tory," said Nelson, " is not a name " strong enough for such a scene;" he...were taken, and two burnt : of the four frigates, one burnt, another sunk. The British loss in killed and wounded amounted to 895. Westcott was the only... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1813 - 278 páginas
...history. " Vie« tory," said Nelson, " is not a name " strong enough for such a scene ;" lie «alled it a conquest. Of thirteen sail of the line, nine...were taken, and two burnt : of the four frigates, one burnt, another sunk. The British loss in killed and wounded amounted to 895. Westcott was the only... | |
 | 1813 - 552 páginas
...the French fleet. It amounted almost to a total capture or destruction of the force of the enemy; for of thirteen sail of the line, nine were taken and two burnt: of the four frigates, one burnt, another sunk." " Had Nelson," says his present biographer, " been provided with small craft,... | |
 | 1813 - 566 páginas
...amounted almost to a total capture or destruction of the force of the enemy ; for of thirteen sale of the line, nine were taken and two burnt : of the four frigates, one burnt, another sunk." " Had Nelson," sa\s his present biographer, "been provided with small craft,... | |
 | 1813 - 550 páginas
...amounted almost to a , total capture or destruction of the force of the enemy ; for of thirteen bale ot the line, nine were taken and two burnt : of the four frigates, one burnt, another sunk." " Had Nelson," sai « his present biographer, " been provided with sm:ill craft,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1814 - 292 páginas
...glorious in the annals of naval history. " Vh> tory," said Nelson, " is not a ntmfl " strong enough tor such a scene :" he called it a conquest. Of thirteen sail of the line, nine were taken, aud two burnt • the four frigates, one was sunk, another, the Artemise, was burnt in a villainous... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 páginas
...history. " Victory," said Nelson, " is not a name strong enough for such a scene : " he, therefore, called it ' a conquest.' Of thirteen sail of the line,...were taken and two burnt ; of the four frigates, one sunk, and another burnt. Our loss ia killed and wounded amounted to 895 ; 3,105 of the French, including... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 páginas
...victory was the most complete and glorious in the annals of naval history. " Victory," said Nelson, *' is not a name strong enough for such a scene ;" —...set fire to the ship, and escaped with most of his crew to shore. The British loss, in killed and wounded, amounted to 895. Westcott was the only Captain... | |
 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 páginas
...victory was the most complete and glorious in the annals of naval history. " Victory," said Nelson, " is not a name strong enough for such a scene;"—...one was sunk; another, the Artemise, was burnt in a villainous manner by her Captain, M. Estandlet, who having fired a broadside at the Theseus, struck... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1827 - 284 páginas
...victory was the most complete and glorious in the annals of naval history. " Victory," said Nelson, " is not a name "strong enough for such a scene;" he...conquest. Of thirteen sail of the line, nine were taken, atad two burnt: of the four frigates, one was sunk, another, the Artemise, was burnt in a villainous... | |
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... action; and if the frigates belonging to the squadron had been present, not one of the enemy's fleet would have left Aboukir Bay. These four vessels, however, were all that escaped; and the victory was the most complete and glorious in the annals... 
