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" after the action, I shifted my flag to her, that I might more easily communicate my orders to, and collect the ships, and towed the Royal Sovereign out to seaward. The whole fleet were now in a perilous situation; many dismasted, all shattered, in thirteen... "
Lives of the Most Celebrated British Admirals: Containing a Concise Account ... - Page 211
1808 - 223 pages
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The works of professor Wilson, ed. by prof. Ferrier, Volume 6

John Wilson - 1856 - 432 pages
...lying within hail, made my signals, a service which Captain Blackwood performed with great attention. After the action I shifted my flag to her, that I might more easily communicate my orders, and towed the Eoyal Sovereign out to eastward." So satisfied was he with the exertions of every one...
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Essays critical and imaginative

John Wilson - 1856 - 412 pages
...lying within hail, made my signals, a service which Captain Blackwood performed with great attention. After the action I shifted my flag to her, that I might more easily communicate my orders, and towed the Eoyal Sovereign out to eastward." So satisfied was he with the exertions of every one...
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The English Nation; Or, A History of England in the Lives of ..., Volume 4

George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1863 - 826 pages
...ship lying within hail, made my signals,—a service Captain Blackwood performed with great attention. After the action, I shifted my flag to her, that I...Sovereign out to seaward. The whole fleet were now in a very perilous situation,— many dismasted,—all shattered, in thirteen fathom water off the shoals...
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Vol.1,2, by lt. col. Williams History of the wars caused by the ..., Volumes 1-2

William Freke Williams - 1864 - 786 pages
...lying within hail, made my signals—a service Captain Blackwood performed with very great attention. After the action I shifted my flag to her, that I might the more easily communicate my orders to aud collect the ships, and towed the Royal Sovereign out to...
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The Seafarers

Arthur Corbett-Smith - World War, 1914-1918 - 1919 - 306 pages
...and sent an officer to me immediately with his last farewell, and soon afterwards expired. . . . " The whole fleet were now in a perilous situation, many dismasted, all shattered, in thirteen fathoms of water, off the shoals of Trafalgar ; and, when I made the signal to prepare to anchor, few...
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Annual Register, Volume 47

Edmund Burke - History - 1807 - 1004 pages
...lying within hail, made my signals, a service captain Blackwood performed with great attention.— After the action, I shifted my flag to her, that I might more easily commumcatftmy orders to, and collect the ships, and towed the Royal Sovereign out to leeward. The whole...
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