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Page 40
... Admiral's fhip , the Su- perbe , and Commodore King's fhip , the Exeter , fuffer extremely , through the great fuperiority of force by which they are attacked . Capt . Ste- phens , of the former , and Capt Reynold's , of the latter ...
... Admiral's fhip , the Su- perbe , and Commodore King's fhip , the Exeter , fuffer extremely , through the great fuperiority of force by which they are attacked . Capt . Ste- phens , of the former , and Capt Reynold's , of the latter ...
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... Admiral Sir Edward Hughes , after the taking of Trincomale , was obliged , on the laft day of January 1782 , to fet fail for Ma- dras , in order to procure a large fupply of ftores and provifions ; articles which his fhips , after the ...
... Admiral Sir Edward Hughes , after the taking of Trincomale , was obliged , on the laft day of January 1782 , to fet fail for Ma- dras , in order to procure a large fupply of ftores and provifions ; articles which his fhips , after the ...
Page 43
... admiral with only five , or at the most fix ships of the line , and thefe entirely out of condition , and unprepared , lying without fhelter in the open road of Ma- dras ; and he confidered them as a cheap and eafy prey already in his ...
... admiral with only five , or at the most fix ships of the line , and thefe entirely out of condition , and unprepared , lying without fhelter in the open road of Ma- dras ; and he confidered them as a cheap and eafy prey already in his ...
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... admiral , the hostile fquadrons continued within fight of each other during the night ; and at day light , the enemy were perceived to the north - eaft , at about three leagues diftance . The weather was very unfavourable to all naval ...
... admiral , the hostile fquadrons continued within fight of each other during the night ; and at day light , the enemy were perceived to the north - eaft , at about three leagues diftance . The weather was very unfavourable to all naval ...
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... admiral finding at length , that fituated as he was to leeward , and without wind fufficient to work his hips , no management could prevent his being forced into action upon dif- advantageous terms , he fubmitted at once to the ...
... admiral finding at length , that fituated as he was to leeward , and without wind fufficient to work his hips , no management could prevent his being forced into action upon dif- advantageous terms , he fubmitted at once to the ...
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