Nelson: A Dream of GloryJonathan Cape, 2004 - 943페이지 This compelling biography of Britain s greatest naval hero includes the only full reconstruction of Nelson s early voyages. Areas of his career are illuminated for the first time together with revealing discoveries about his personal and professional relationships." |
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... close - quarter tactics of his great battles reflected his confidence in the superiority of British seamanship and gunnery as well as his own fiery temperament . Although his marked prejudices against the French in particular sometimes ...
... close - quarter tactics of his great battles reflected his confidence in the superiority of British seamanship and gunnery as well as his own fiery temperament . Although his marked prejudices against the French in particular sometimes ...
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... close to the seaside where they could fire upon the Toga tower at close range . After days of heaving guns , ammunition and materiel into place , the seamen opened fire at daylight on the 21st , battering the tower and Cabanelle and ...
... close to the seaside where they could fire upon the Toga tower at close range . After days of heaving guns , ammunition and materiel into place , the seamen opened fire at daylight on the 21st , battering the tower and Cabanelle and ...
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... close in on the road . Nelson's broadsides pounded a few flying detachments of French off Arenzano , and his boats went as far inshore as they dared , but for the most part the horses had bolted . Later that day , in the few hours ...
... close in on the road . Nelson's broadsides pounded a few flying detachments of French off Arenzano , and his boats went as far inshore as they dared , but for the most part the horses had bolted . Later that day , in the few hours ...
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Corsica | 458 |
A Long and Hazardous Service | 494 |
Two Meetings with French Gentry | 520 |
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