The Past and Future of the British NavyLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847 - 363 pages |
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Page 20
... harbour , plied their guns as if in battery on shore . * Such * It is not meant here to deny that creditable acts of seamanship may have occurred on these occasions , such as towing off fire - ships , & c . , & c . , but only to assert ...
... harbour , plied their guns as if in battery on shore . * Such * It is not meant here to deny that creditable acts of seamanship may have occurred on these occasions , such as towing off fire - ships , & c . , & c . , but only to assert ...
Page 21
... harbour of Cherbourg , has , like all other preparations for war with England , made immense progress during the " entente cor- diale , " and now forms the best military port in the Channel , being situated on the most projecting point ...
... harbour of Cherbourg , has , like all other preparations for war with England , made immense progress during the " entente cor- diale , " and now forms the best military port in the Channel , being situated on the most projecting point ...
Page 103
... harbour ; but of the shipping present , a large part will be under the British or other foreign flags , and of that which is national no small part will be found to trade , not in the usual way of commerce , but upon the bounty or ...
... harbour ; but of the shipping present , a large part will be under the British or other foreign flags , and of that which is national no small part will be found to trade , not in the usual way of commerce , but upon the bounty or ...
Page 131
... harbour ; 4th , the Fisheries ; 5th , the Consular department . When , therefore , it is considered that colonies , commerce , fisheries , & c . & c . are all made subser- vient to the French Royal Navy , it will appear less strange ...
... harbour ; 4th , the Fisheries ; 5th , the Consular department . When , therefore , it is considered that colonies , commerce , fisheries , & c . & c . are all made subser- vient to the French Royal Navy , it will appear less strange ...
Page 153
... harbour , while ours only prac- tise firing in the smooth water of Portsmouth Harbour . time deserted . It would not have been the fault H 5 ENTERTAINED BY FRANCE IN HER NAVY . 153.
... harbour , while ours only prac- tise firing in the smooth water of Portsmouth Harbour . time deserted . It would not have been the fault H 5 ENTERTAINED BY FRANCE IN HER NAVY . 153.
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