Dispatches and Letters Relating to the Blockade of Brest, 1803-1805, Volumen1;Volumen14

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John Leyland
Navy Records Society, 1899
 

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Página 281 - Venerable, off the coast of Holland, the i2th of October, by log (nth1 three PM Camperdown ESE eight mile. Wind N. by E. Sir, I have the pleasure to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that...
Página 72 - SIR, I HAVE the honour to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that the...
Página 143 - Sir, — Having laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, your letter of the...
Página 41 - Majesty's pleasure that instructions should forthwith be given for the purpose of bringing into port all hoys and fishing boats belonging to the French and Batavian Republics, or to the citizens of either, and to detain the crews of such vessels until further orders ; you are, in pursuance of his Majesty's pleasure signified to us as above mentioned, hereby required and directed to give immediate orders to the captains and commanders of his Majesty's ships and vessels under your command...
Página 119 - In consideration of the present state of commerce, we are pleased hereby to direct the commanders of our ships of war and privateers, not to seize any neutral vessel which shall be carrying on trade, directly between the colonies of the enemy, and the neutral country to which the vessel belongs, and laden with the property of...
Página 222 - We have been sailing for the last six months with only a sheet of copper between us and eternity.
Página 226 - Cornwallis. She was captured by His Majesty's Ship under my command on the 28th of May, in company with His Majesty's Ship Thunderer, having chased from the Fleet, and...
Página 82 - Sir, I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you that they...
Página 26 - By Sir DAVID MILNE, KCB and KWN, Rear Admiral of the Blue, and Commanderin-chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels employed, and to be employed, in North America, and on the lakes of Canada, &c., &c.
Página 361 - Par le retour de mon courrier, faites-moi connaître le jour où il vous sera possible, abstraction faite du temps, de lever l'ancre. Faites-moi aussi connaître ce que fait l'ennemi; où se tient Nelson. Méditez sur la grande entreprise que vous allez exécuter, et avant que je signe vos ordres définitifs, faites- moi connaître la manière la plus avantageuse de les exécuter.

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