Naval battles of the world : $b Great and decisive contests on the sea ... with an account of the Japan-China war and the recent battle of the Yalu; the growth, power, and management of our new Navy.Shippen, Edward
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Naval battles of the world : $b Great and decisive contests on the sea ... with an account of the Japan-China war and the recent battle of the Yalu; the growth, power, and management of our new Navy.
Shippen, Edward
Naval battles; Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895; United States. Navy
Expulsion of the French Determined Upon; An English Fleet and
Army Sent Thither Under Command of Lord Keith and Sir Ralph
Abercrombie; The French Under Command of General Friant; The
Former Land Troops Under a Galling Fire from Fort Aboukir and the
Sand Hills; Sir Sidney Smith in Command of the Marines; A Heavy
Battle Fought March 21; The French Forced to Retire; General
Abercrombie Mortally Wounded; The French, Shut in at Alexandria,
Finally Capitulate; Renewed Interest in this Campaign on Account
of Recent Events; Points of Similarity. I-318
THE CUTTING OUT OF THE CHEVRETTE. JULY, A. D. 1801.
An Example of a “Cutting-out Expedition”; The Combined French and
Spanish Fleets at Anchor in Brest; The English Watching Them; The
Chevrette at Anchor in Camaret Bay; The English Resolve to Cut
Her Out; An Expedition Starts Out at Night, in Small Boats; They
Board and Capture Her, in Spite of the Desperate Resistance of
the French; Details of the Fight; The Losses on Both Sides. I-322
BOAT ATTACK UPON THE FRENCH FLOTILLA AT BOULOGNE. A. D. 1801.
Another Boat Attack by the English, with Less Favorable Results;
Lord Nelson in Command; Darkness and the Tides Against Them; They
“Catch a Tartar”; The Affair a Triumph for the French. I-328
COPENHAGEN. A. D. 1801.
Preliminary History; An English Fleet Under Sir Hyde Parker and
Lord Nelson Ordered to the Cattegat; A Commissioner Empowered to
Offer Peace or War Accompanies Them; Denmark Repels Their
Insulting _Ultimatum_ and Prepares for Defence; Strength of the
English Fleet; They Attempt to Force the Passage of the Sound,
and the Battle Begins; Early Incidents; Difficulties of the Large
English Vessels in Entering the Shallow Waters; Strength of the
Danish Fleet and Shore Batteries; Sir Hyde Parker Makes Signal to
Withdraw; Lord Nelson Disobeys and Keeps up the Fight; The Danish
Adjutant General Finally Appears and an Armistice is Agreed Upon;
A Characteristic Action of Lord Nelson; Death of the Emperor Paul,
of Russia; Second Attack on Copenhagen, 1807; Observations
Concerning England’s Conduct; A Powerful English Fleet Appears in
the Sound; The Crown Prince Rejects England’s Humiliating
Proposals; Copenhagen Bombarded and Set on Fire; Final Surrender;
Plunder by the English. I-331
TRAFALGAR. OCTOBER 21ST, A. D. 1805.
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