 Rhone, but they escaped him that night, because the wind blew directly on shore. The next morning he- renewed the Oct. 25. chase, and drove two of them, one of 80 guns, the other of 74-, on shore, off Frontegnan, where they were set fire to by their own...  History of the Peninsular War - Page 552by Robert Southey - 1827Full view - About this book
 | 1811 - 858 pages
...next morning he renewed the Oct. 25. chase, and drove two of them, one of 80 guns, the other of 74,, on shore, off Frontegnan, where they were set fire...ship of the line and one frigate ran on shore at the t•«« trance of the port of Cette, where there was little probability that the former could be saved,... | |
 | 1810 - 1214 pages
...we had the saci.-,faction to see them set on fire. From the circumstances under which thç ship and frigate ran on shore at the entrance of the port of Cette, 1 have little doubt the former will be lost, and the frigate must certainly have received considerable... | |
 | 1811 - 854 pages
...next morning he renewed the Oct. 25. chase, and drove two of them, one of 80 guns, the other of 74, on shore, off Frontegnan, where they were set fire...were under protection of the batteries. The second frigate bad hauled her wind during the night, and got into Marseilles road. Two brigs, two bombards,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1811 - 860 pages
...next morning he~ renewed the Oct. 25. chase, and drove two of them, one of 80 guns, the other of 74-, on shore, off Frontegnan, where they were set fire...were under protection of the batteries. The second frigate bad hauled her wind daring the night, and got into Marseilles road. Two brigs, two bombards,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1811 - 1102 pages
...off Fronlignan, where the day following . themselves set fire to them. The Boree, of 74 gnus, and a frigate ran on shore at the entrance of the Port of Cette, where there is little probability of either of them being saved. I cannot sufficiently express the high satisfaction... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1820 - 672 pages
...J809. one of eighty and the other of seventy-four guns, on shore off Frontignan, where they were burnt by their own crews : the other ship of the line and...ran on shore at the entrance of the port of Cette. The second frigate hauled her wind during the night, and escaped to Marseilles. Two brigs, two bombards,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 562 pages
...French ships of the line were chased on shore, and set fire to by the crews, and the third, with a frigate, ran on shore at the entrance of the Port of Cette, with little chance of being got off. The convoy mostly escaped at the time into the Bay of Rosas ;... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 570 pages
...French ships of the line were chased on shore, and set fire to by the crews, and the third, with a frigate, ran on shore at the entrance of the Port of Cette, with little chance of being got off. The convoy mostly escaped at the time into the Bay of Rosas; but... | |
 | William Jones - 1825 - 572 pages
...French ships of the line were chased on shore, and set on fire by the crews ; while a third, with a frigate, ran on shore at the entrance of the port of Cette, with little chance of being got off. The convoy mostly escaped at the time into the Buy of Rosas ;... | |
 | John William Norie - 1827 - 632 pages
...oft Frontignan, where the day following their own crews set fire to them. The Borée, of 74, and a frigate, ran on shore at the entrance of the port of Cette, where there was little probability of either of them being saved. The transports being thus separated frota the ships of war, under the... | |
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