 | Egypt - 1798 - 774 pages
...headmost vessel being as close as possible t to a shoal to the north-west of us, and the rest of the fleet forming a kind of curve along the line of deep water, so as not to be turned, by any means, in the south-west. This position is the strongest we could possibly take in an open road,... | |
 | Egypt - 1798 - 776 pages
...headmost vessel being as close as passible t to a shoal to the north-west of us, and the rest of the fleet forming a kind of curve along the line of deep water, so as not to be turned, by any means, in the south-west. This position is the strongest we could possibly take in an open road,... | |
 | Willem Lodewyk Van-Ess - France - 1809 - 542 pages
...headmost vessel being as close as possible to a shoal to the North-west of us, and the rest of the fleet forming a kind of curve along the line of deep water, so as not to be turned, by any means, in the South-west. This position is the strongest we could possibly take iu an open road,... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 462 pages
...according to his own account, being as close as possible to a shoal on the NW and the rest of the fleet forming a kind of curve along the line of deep water, so as not to be turned by any means in the S. \V. 44 This position," said he, " is the strongest we could possibly take in... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1813 - 276 pages
...according to his own account, being as close as possible to a shoal on the NW, and the rest of the fleet forming a kind of curve along the line of deep water, so as not to be turned by any means in the S. ~W. By Buonaparte's desire he had offered a reward of 10,000 livres to any pilot... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1814 - 292 pages
...according to his own account, being as close as possible to a shoal on the N. VV. and the rest of the fleet forming a kind of curve along the line of deep water, so as not to bo turned by any means in the SW By Buonaparte's desire he had offered a reward of J 0,000 livres to... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 492 pages
...headmost vessel being as close as possible to .a shoal on the north-west, and the rest of the fleet forming • .a kind of curve along the line of deep water, so as not to be turned by any means on the south-west. The French .admiral had the advantage of numbers in ships, in guns,... | |
 | Biography - 1815 - 488 pages
...headmost vessel being as close as possible to a shoal on the north-west, and the rest of the fleet forming a kind of curve along the line of deep water, so as not to be turned by any means on the south-west. The French admiral had the advantage of numbers in ships, in guns,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 512 pages
...vessel being as close as possible to a shoal on the north-west, and the rest of the fleet forming a kjnd of curve along the line of deep water, so as not to , be turned by any means on the south-west. The French admiral had the advantage of numbers in ships, in guns,... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...his own account, being as close as possible to a shoal on the north-west, and the rest of the fleet forming a kind of curve along the line of deep water^ so as not to admit of being turned by any means in the south-westf murther, usurpation, and tyranny, which have... | |
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Brueys, not being able to enter the port, which time and neglect had ruined, moored the ships in Aboukir Bay, in a strong and compact line of battle; the headmost vessel, according to his own account, being as close as possible to a shoal on the north-west,... 
