The Calcutta Review, Volumes 64-65University of Calcutta, 1877 |
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Page 219
... once made for her and captured her . She proved to be the Diana , having on board a large cargo of rice . He then started with his prize for the islands . But fortune was not always to befriend him . The very morning after the capture ...
... once made for her and captured her . She proved to be the Diana , having on board a large cargo of rice . He then started with his prize for the islands . But fortune was not always to befriend him . The very morning after the capture ...
Page 240
... once from the many and deep - toned mouths of the ordnance and musketry * the British soldiers descended the heights in steady and unbroken alignment . When they reached the plain Colonel Fraser gave the order to charge . They at once ...
... once from the many and deep - toned mouths of the ordnance and musketry * the British soldiers descended the heights in steady and unbroken alignment . When they reached the plain Colonel Fraser gave the order to charge . They at once ...
Page 246
... once off to sea enticing the enemy to follow them . It was soon found that the Africaine was a far better sailer than the French frigates and than her own consort , the Boadicea , and that in the chase she was rapidly leaving the latter ...
... once off to sea enticing the enemy to follow them . It was soon found that the Africaine was a far better sailer than the French frigates and than her own consort , the Boadicea , and that in the chase she was rapidly leaving the latter ...
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