The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Year MDCCLXXXIII to MDCCCXXII.C. Rice, 1825 |
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Page 229 - ... day I sailed from Gibraltar, that a large army had been assembled, and that very considerable additional works were throwing up, not only on both flanks of the city, but also immediately about the entrance of the mole. From this I was apprehensive that my intention of making that point...
Page 210 - Je proteste solennellement ici, à la face du ciel et des hommes, contre la violence qui m'est faite ; contre la violation de mes droits les plus sacrés, en disposant, par la force, de ma personne et de ma liberté.
Page 346 - Lieutenant and you are your self to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from time to time receive from Me or...
Page 162 - All merchandise which has been removed from Alexandria since the 19th instant, to be included in the above article. 6. Refreshments of every description to be supplied to the ships, and paid for at the market price, by bills on the British government. 7. Officers will be...
Page 307 - Hay with the only musket in the boat, and, as they closed nearer, the Malays commenced throwing their javelins and darts, several falling into the barge, but without wounding any of the men. Soon after they were grappled by our fellows, when three of them having been shot, and a fourth knocked down with the...
Page 228 - ... been peculiarly marked by proofs of such devoted heroism as would rouse every noble feeling, did I dare indulge in relating them. "Their lordships will already have been informed, by his Majesty's sloop Jasper, of my proceedings up to the...
Page 238 - Reparation has been made to the British consul for all losses he may have sustained in consequence of his confinement. V. The Dey has made a public apology, in presence of his ministers and officers, and begged pardon of the Consul, in terms dictated by the Captain of the Queen Charlotte.
Page 210 - Bellérophon, je fus sur le foyer du peuple britannique. Si le gouvernement, en donnant des ordres au capitaine du Bellérophon de me recevoir ainsi que ma suite, n'a voulu que tendre une embûche, il a forfait à l'honneur et flétri son pavillon. « Si cet acte se consommait, ce serait en vain que les Anglais voudraient...
Page 235 - I have obtained from him his esteem and regard, and I regret I had not sooner been known to him. The necessary papers, together with the defects of the ships and the return of killed and wounded, accompany this dispatch, and I am happy to say Captains Ekins and Coode are doing well, as also the whole of the wounded.
Page 162 - Articles Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are strictly complied with ; and any deviation or non-compliance on the part of the inhabitants of Alexandria will render this treaty null and void.