 | Great Britain - 1905 - 542 pages
...leeward ; so that, in leading down to their centre, I had both their van, and rear, abafc the beam ; before the fire opened, every alternate ship was about...a-head, and a-stern, forming a kind of double line, and appeared, when on their beam, to leave a very little interval between them ; and this without crowding... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1805 - 544 pages
...leeward ; so that, in leading down to their centre, I had both their van, and rear, abaft the beam ; before the fire opened, every alternate ship was about...a-head, and a-stern, forming a kind of double line, and appeared, when on their beam, to leave a very little interval between them ; and this without crowding... | |
 | James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones - Europe - 1805 - 584 pages
...leeward — so that, in leading down to their centre, I had both their van and rear abaft, the beam : before the fire opened, every alternate Ship was about...cable's length to windward of her second a-head and »-stern, forming a kind of doulile line, and appeared, when on their beam, to leave a very little... | |
 | Archibald Duncan - 1806 - 380 pages
...that in leading down to their centre, I had both their van and rear abaft the beam ; before the fife opened, every alternate ship was about. a cable's...a-head and a-stern, .forming a kind of double line, and appeared, when on their beam, to leave a very little interval between them, and this without crowding... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1807 - 1004 pages
...their centre, I had both their vaa and rear abaft & i'i I ? :fe'"v If ill! 4' \ 111 «) t (he beam. Before the fire opened, every alternate ship was about a cable's length to windward of the second a-hcad and a-stern, forming a. kind of double line, and appeared, when on their beam, to... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...to leeward ; so that, in leading down, to their centre, I had both the van and rear abaft the beam.- Before the fire opened, every alternate ship was about a cable's length to windward 6f her second a-head and a stern, form jng a kind of double line, and appeared, when on their beam,... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 462 pages
...defence was as original as that of attack. They were formed in a double line, every alternate ship being about a cable's length to windward of her second ahead and astern. Nelson never went into a battle without a full sense of its danger, and always seems rather to have... | |
 | John Bigland, Jedidiah Morse - Geography - 1812 - 470 pages
...to the northward and formed their line with great closeness and skill. Before the action commenced, every alternate ship was about a cable's length to windward of her second a head and astern, forming a compact double line. The dispositions of the enemy's fleet evinced, on... | |
 | Thomas Burgeland Johnson - 1813 - 456 pages
...leading to their center (observes admiral Collingwood) I had both their van and rear abaft the beam. Before the fire opened, every alternate ship was about a cable's length to windward of the second a-head and a-stern, forming a kind of double line, and appeared, when on their beam, to... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1813 - 306 pages
...as original, as the plan of attack. He formed the fleet in a double line, every alternate ship being about a cable's length to windward of her second ahead and astern. Nelson certain of a triumphant issue to the day, asked Blackwood what he should consider as a victory.... | |
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His plan of defence was as well conceived and as original as the plan of attack. He formed the fleet in a double line, every alternate ship being about a cable's length to windward of her second ahead and astern. Nelson, certain of a triumphant issue... 
