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" Victory seeing this, depressed their guns of the middle and lower decks, and fired with a diminished charge, lest the shot should pass through and injure the Temeraire... "
The life of Nelson. With illustr. by Westall - Page 336
by Robert Southey - 1877
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Authentic narrative of the death of lord Nelson

sir William Beatty - 1807 - 114 pages
...occurred here, of four ships of the line being on board of each other in the heat of battle ; forming as compact a tier as if they had been moored together, their heads lying all the same way. The Temeraire, as was j ust before mentioned, was between the Redoutable and La Fougueux. The Redoutable...
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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on ..., Volume 1

1807 - 458 pages
...occurred here, of four ships of the line being mi board of each other in the heat of battle ; forming as compact a tier as if they had been moored together, their heads lying all the same way. The Temeraire, as was just before mentioned, was between the Redoutable and La Fougueux. The Redoutable...
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The New annual register, or General repository of history ..., Volume 28

1808 - 1142 pages
...of the line being on board of each at her in the heat of battle ; forming as compact a tier as it" they had been moored together, their heads lying all the same way. The Téméraire, as was just before mentioned, was between the Redoutable and La Fougueux^ The Redoutable...
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volume 4

Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 462 pages
...ship in like manner was on board the Téméraire, so that these four ships, in the heat of battle, formed as compact a tier as if they had been moored...lying all the same way. The lieutenants of the Victory immediately depressed their guns and fired with a diminished charge, lest the shot should pass through...
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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ..., Volume 23

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 494 pages
...the Temeraire, so that these four ships, in the heat of hattle, formed as compact a tier as if^they had been moored together, their heads lying all the same way. The lieutenants of the Victory immediately depressed their guns, and fired with a diminished charge, lest the shot should pass through...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Biography - 1815 - 488 pages
...ship, in like manner, was on board the Temeraire, so that these four ships, in the heat of hattle, formed as compact a tier as if they had been moored...lying all the same way. The lieutenants of the Victory immediately depressed their guns, and Bred with a diminished charge, lest the shot should pass through...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 23

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 492 pages
...ship, in like manner, was on board the Temeraire, so that these four ships, in the heat of battle, formed as compact a tier as if they had been moored...lying all the same way. The lieutenants of the Victory immediately depressed their guns, and fired with rt diminished charge, lest the shot should pass through...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 6

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...ship, in like manner, was on board the Temeraire ; so that these four ships, in the heat of battle, formed as compact a tier as if they had been moored...lying all the same way. The Lieutenants of the Victory immediately depressed their guns, and fired with a diminished charge, lest the shot should pass through...
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The Historical Reader: Designed for the Use of Schools and Families, on a ...

John Lauris Blake - History - 1824 - 396 pages
...the fate of a general engagement. 5. Captain Harvey, in the Temeraire, fell on board the Redoubtable on the other side. Another enemy was in like manner...tier as if they had been moored together, their heads all lying the same way. The lieutenants of the Victory, seeing this, depressed their guns of the middle...
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The Historical Reader: Designed for the Use of Schools and Families. On a ...

John Lauris Blake - History - 1825 - 404 pages
...the fate of a general engagement. 5. Captain Harvey, in the Temeraire, fell on board the Redoubtable on the other side. Another enemy was in like manner...tier as if they had been moored together, their heads all lying the same way. The lieutenants of the Victory, seeing this, depressed their guns of the middle...
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