The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The naval war of 1812P.F. Collier & Son, 1882 |
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... seamen as ever sailed salt water , could often slip out ; generally , on some dark night , when a heavy gale was blowing , they would make the attempt under storm canvas , and with almost invariable success . The harder the weather ...
... seamen as ever sailed salt water , could often slip out ; generally , on some dark night , when a heavy gale was blowing , they would make the attempt under storm canvas , and with almost invariable success . The harder the weather ...
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... seamen were exchanged on the spot for some of the British prisoners on board the Essex Junior . McKnight and Lyman accompanied the Phoebe to Rio Janeiro , where they embarked on a Swedish vessel , were taken out of her by On the Ocean 35.
... seamen were exchanged on the spot for some of the British prisoners on board the Essex Junior . McKnight and Lyman accompanied the Phoebe to Rio Janeiro , where they embarked on a Swedish vessel , were taken out of her by On the Ocean 35.
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... seamen . The vessels were now almost touching , and putting his helm a - weather , he ran the Wasp aboard on her port quarter , while the boarders gathered for- ward , to try it with the steel . But the Carolina captain had prepared for ...
... seamen . The vessels were now almost touching , and putting his helm a - weather , he ran the Wasp aboard on her port quarter , while the boarders gathered for- ward , to try it with the steel . But the Carolina captain had prepared for ...
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... seamen.44 The Wasp stayed in l'Orient till she was thor- oughly refitted , and had filled , in part , the gaps in her crew , from the American privateers in port . On Aug. 27th Captain Blakely sailed again , mak- ing two prizes during ...
... seamen.44 The Wasp stayed in l'Orient till she was thor- oughly refitted , and had filled , in part , the gaps in her crew , from the American privateers in port . On Aug. 27th Captain Blakely sailed again , mak- ing two prizes during ...
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... seamen ( without muskets ) and 20 marines . He was joined , how- ever , by 30 regulars , and later by over 300 militia armed with squirrel guns , ducking , and fowling- pieces , etc , -in all between 500 and 550 men , 56 only 180 of ...
... seamen ( without muskets ) and 20 marines . He was joined , how- ever , by 30 regulars , and later by over 300 militia armed with squirrel guns , ducking , and fowling- pieces , etc , -in all between 500 and 550 men , 56 only 180 of ...
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