The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The naval war of 1812P.F. Collier & Son, 1882 |
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... starboard anchor to leeward , so she got under way and made sail ; by several trials it had been found that she was faster than the Phoebe , and that the Cherub was very slow indeed , so Porter had little anxiety about his own ship ...
... starboard anchor to leeward , so she got under way and made sail ; by several trials it had been found that she was faster than the Phoebe , and that the Cherub was very slow indeed , so Porter had little anxiety about his own ship ...
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... starboard bow of the Essex , and the Phoebe under the latter's stern . The attack began at 4 P.M.17 Some of the bow - guns of the American frigate bore upon the Cherub , and , as soon as she found this out , the sloop ran down and ...
... starboard bow of the Essex , and the Phoebe under the latter's stern . The attack began at 4 P.M.17 Some of the bow - guns of the American frigate bore upon the Cherub , and , as soon as she found this out , the sloop ran down and ...
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... starboard guns , receiving in return the starboard broadside of the Peacock at 10.20 A.M. These first broadsides took effect aloft , the brig being partially dismantled , while the Peacock's fore - yard was totally disabled by two round ...
... starboard guns , receiving in return the starboard broadside of the Peacock at 10.20 A.M. These first broadsides took effect aloft , the brig being partially dismantled , while the Peacock's fore - yard was totally disabled by two round ...
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... starboard battery engaged ) at 10.35 . The Peacock's fire was now very hot , and directed chiefly at her adversary's hull , on which it told heavily , while she did not suffer at all in return . The Epervier coming up into the wind ...
... starboard battery engaged ) at 10.35 . The Peacock's fire was now very hot , and directed chiefly at her adversary's hull , on which it told heavily , while she did not suffer at all in return . The Epervier coming up into the wind ...
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... Captain Blakely , July 8 , 1814. Cooper says starboard ; it is a point of little importance ; all accounts agree as to the relative positions of the craft . the pikemen . As the vessels came grinding to- gether On the Ocean 51.
... Captain Blakely , July 8 , 1814. Cooper says starboard ; it is a point of little importance ; all accounts agree as to the relative positions of the craft . the pikemen . As the vessels came grinding to- gether On the Ocean 51.
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