Letters Written by Sir Samuel Hood (Viscount Hood) in 1781-2-3: Illustrated by Extracts from Logs and Public RecordsNavy Records Society, 1895 - 170페이지 |
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20 minutes 25 minutes past 45 minutes Admiral Pigot Antigua arrived attack Barbadoes Barfleur Basse Terre Basse Terre Road battle ahead breezes and clear breezes and cloudy brig cables Cape Cape François Captain Carlisle Bay centre Chesapeake command Commander-in-Chief Comte de Grasse convoy Count De Grasse cruize dear despatches division enemy enemy's fleet enemy's ships Eustatius fire force Fort Royal French fleet fresh breezes frigates Graves hauled hoisted honour HOOD TO JACKSON HOOD TO STEPHENS Hood's humble Servant island Jamaica joined King's Kitts last month leeward length asunder letter lieutenant line of battle line-of-battle ships Lord LORD ROBERT MANNERS Lordships Lucia Majesty's ship Martinique mast minutes pt morning naval night noon officer past 9 rear Rear-Admiral Rear-Admiral Drake received repeated sent shortened sail occasionally signal to tack Sir George Rodney Sir Samuel Hood soon station troops Vaudreuil vessels West Indies wind windward York
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55 페이지 - I have the honour to be with great truth and regard, Sir, Your most obedient, humble servant, CATHCART.
44 페이지 - Ought any man, after the notice he had received, to have separated his squadron of line-of-battle ships? The whole should have been kept in a body, and always ready to act at a moment's warning, and suffered no repairs, but momentary ones, till the campaign was over. His letter I cannot understand, and his terms, particularly his cut up, a term neither military or seamanlike; it must have been a mistake in printing; he meant cut off the vans from the centre. The other part of the letter contradicts...
31 페이지 - Grasse carried yesterday (and he must even have done the same the preceding night, by being where [he] was at daylight), I am inclined to think his aim is the Chesapeake, in order to be strengthened by the ships there, either by adding them to his present force, or by exchanging his disabled ships for them. Admitting that to be his plan, will he not cut off the frigates you have sent to reconnoitre, as well as the ships you expect from New York? And if he should enter the Bay, which is by no means...
101 페이지 - Grasse had a mind to be my prisoner, as an old acquaintance, and therefore met his wishes by yawing towards him. As soon as I got within random shot he began to fire upon me, which I totally disregarded till I was satisfied by firing a single gun from the quarterdeck that I was fairly within point blank, when I opened such a tremendous fire as he could not stand for more than ten minutes, when he struck.
102 페이지 - In the next, that he did not pursue under that easy sail, so as never to have lost sight of the enemy in the night, which would clearly and most undoubtedly have enabled him to have taken almost every ship the next day.
33 페이지 - Sir Samuel would be very glad to send an opinion, but he really knows not what to say in the truly lamentable state we have brought ourselves.
100 페이지 - ... night ; at least, the centre and rear did so. Captain Byron can best tell what the van did, as he was employed the whole night in carrying messages between the chief and third in command. At daylight only a few of the leewardmost part of the French fleet could be seen from the masthead.
30 페이지 - ... had set the example of close action, even with the signal for the line flying, the van of the enemy must have been cut to pieces, and the rear division of the British fleet...
154 페이지 - I must from that moment expect to lose every degree of consideration in the line of my profession, which ever has been, and ever will be, the first and greatest object of my wishes. I revere my king ; I have much affection for my country ; and the pride and glory of my remaining days will be to assist both with my feeble services to the utmost extent of my abilities ; and I am vain enough to think that I am in some small degree qualified...