 ... than pistol-shot distance; so close indeed that the French ship's spanker-boom was scarcely cleared. Luffing quickly up, the Sybille was presently close alongside her antagonist to leeward, and poured in a second broadside, as well directed as the...  Cast Up by the Sea - Página 205por Sir Samuel White Baker - 1869 - 419 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William James - 1826 - 606 páginas
...broadside as well directed as the previous raking one. The bearing up of the Sibylle had been so sndden and unexpected, that several of the Forte's larboard...broadside at a distance that never exceeded point-blank musket-range and was sometimes much nearer, the Forte returned a spirited, but far too elevated and... | |
 | Sir Samuel White Baker - 1873 - 456 páginas
...raking one. The bearing-up of the Sybille had been so sudden and unexpected that several of the Forte s larboard or weather guns went off" after the former...elevated, and consequently an almost harmless, fire. At :.3O AM, on March I, Captain Cooke was mortally wounded by a grape-shot, and the command devolved upon... | |
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