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" it otherwise ; I am thankful for it. As for those " cowardly captains who deserted you, hang them up, " for by God, they deserve it.  "
Lives of the Most Celebrated British Admirals: Containing a Concise Account ... - Page 70
1808 - 223 pages
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The Microcosm of London: Or, London in Miniature, Volume 1

London (England) - 1904 - 322 pages
...Sir, " I had little hopes on Monday last but to have supped in your cabin; yet it pleased God to order otherwise; I am thankful for it. As for those cowardly captains who deserted you, hang them up; for, by G—d, they deserve it. The next print is a correct interior view of "Du CASSE." THE BOARD ROOM OF...
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Admiral Vernon and the Navy: A Memoir and Vindication; Being an Account of ...

Douglas Ford - Great Britain - 1907 - 386 pages
...the French squadron :— "SiR,—I had little hopes on Monday last but to have supped in your cabin, but it pleased God to order it otherwise ! I am thankful...cowardly captains who deserted you, hang them up, for, by they deserve it. " Yours, "Du CASK." Thus, full of years and honour, ended the life of a naval officer...
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The Pocket Guide to the West Indies

Sir Algernon Edward Aspinall - West Indies - 1907 - 392 pages
...Monday last but to have supped in your cabin, but it eased God to order otherwise, and I am thankfor it. As for those cowardly captains who deserted you, hang them up; for, by God, they leserve it." d The Jamaica Institute, in East Street, has a Jamaica library especially rich in Jamaica...
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The British Tar in Fact and Fiction: The Poetry Pathos, and Humour of the ...

Charles Napier Robinson - English literature - 1909 - 720 pages
...said to have written to Benbow, " I had little hope on Monday last but to have supped in your cabin ; but it pleased God to order it otherwise ; I am thankful...you, hang them up, for, by God, they deserve it." The story is probably apocryphal, but it expresses what might well have been felt by honourable foemen....
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Our Navy for a Thousand Years: A Concise Account of All the Principal ...

Sydney Marow Eardley-Wilmot - Great Britain - 1911 - 522 pages
...have supped in your cabin, but it pleased God to have ordered it otherwise. I am thankful for it, but as for those cowardly captains who deserted you, hang them up, for they well deserve it.—Ducasse." Benbow after arrival at Jamaica ordered a 113 I court-martial to...
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West Indian Tales of Old

Sir Algernon Edward Aspinall - British West Indies - 1912 - 366 pages
...in the following terms: " SIK, " I had little hopes on Monday last but to have supped in your cabin; it pleased God to order it otherwise. I am thankful...them up, for by God they deserve it! " Yours, "Du CASSE." The authenticity of this letter is more than doubtful ; but it is reasonable to suppose that...
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The Pocket Guide to the West Indies

Sir Algernon Edward Aspinall - West Indies - 1912 - 444 pages
...little hope on Monday last but to have supped in your cabin, but it pleased God to order otherwise, and I am thankful for it. As for those cowardly captains...you, hang them up ; for, by God, they deserve it." Two of the captains were tried by a Council of War and were sent home and shot on board the Bristol...
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The Battleship: Being the Story of the Greatest Naval Weapon from the First ...

Walter Wood - Warships - 1912 - 626 pages
...and ending with the death of Nelson—the one so ill supported that his gallant rival wrote and said, “As for those cowardly captains who deserted you, hang them up, for by God they deserve it”; the other dying surrounded by members of that band of brothers who had shared with him the crowning...
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The Pocket Guide to the West Indies, British Guyana, British Honduras, the ...

Algernon Edward Aspinall, Sir Algernon Edward Aspinall - Belize - 1914 - 658 pages
...o» Monday last but to have supped in your cabin, but it l>|i;.T-' <l i-ml to order otherwise, and I am thankful for it. As for those cowardly captains who deserted you, hang UK-MI ii|. ; for, by God, they deserve it." Two of the were tried by a Council of War and were sent...
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Plymouth

Arthur Leslie Salmon - Plymouth (England) - 1920 - 146 pages
...Cawsand Bay for cowardice under Benbow, hi his great fight with the Frenchman Du Casse. " As for those captains who deserted you, hang them up, for by God they deserve it," wrote the Frenchman after the battle. They were brought to Plymouth, and shot on deck. It is not quite...
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