The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The naval war of 1812P.F. Collier & Son, 1882 |
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... course neither Capt . Stewart nor any one else supposed for an instant that a 36 - gun frigate was armed with 24 - pounders . It is worth while mentioning as an instance of how utterly untrustworthy James is in dealing with American ...
... course neither Capt . Stewart nor any one else supposed for an instant that a 36 - gun frigate was armed with 24 - pounders . It is worth while mentioning as an instance of how utterly untrustworthy James is in dealing with American ...
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... course she could not be used in a com- bat with regular cruisers . On Feb. 8th , the British frigate Phoebe , 36 , Cap- tain James Hilyar , accompanied by the Cherub , 18 , Captain Thomas Tudor Tucker , the former carry- ing 300 and the ...
... course she could not be used in a com- bat with regular cruisers . On Feb. 8th , the British frigate Phoebe , 36 , Cap- tain James Hilyar , accompanied by the Cherub , 18 , Captain Thomas Tudor Tucker , the former carry- ing 300 and the ...
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... course , wished to win the victory with the least possible loss to himself , and acted accordingly . His conduct in the action itself could not be improved upon . splinters while under the hands of the doctors , cheered 18 Naval War of ...
... course , wished to win the victory with the least possible loss to himself , and acted accordingly . His conduct in the action itself could not be improved upon . splinters while under the hands of the doctors , cheered 18 Naval War of ...
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... American killed and wounded 111 ( Porter , 124 ) , and not 69 , as James says . The latter's statement is wilfully false , as he had seen Hil- yar's letter . Porter's course , after the accident to his top - 28 Naval War of 1812.
... American killed and wounded 111 ( Porter , 124 ) , and not 69 , as James says . The latter's statement is wilfully false , as he had seen Hil- yar's letter . Porter's course , after the accident to his top - 28 Naval War of 1812.
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Theodore Roosevelt. Porter's course , after the accident to his top - mast occurred , was altogether the best that could have been taken . On such a question no opinion could have been better than Farragut's , although of course his ...
Theodore Roosevelt. Porter's course , after the accident to his top - mast occurred , was altogether the best that could have been taken . On such a question no opinion could have been better than Farragut's , although of course his ...
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