Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: A Pensioner of the Navy of the RevolutionH.H. Brown, 1831 - 312 pages |
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... yards , and then in a few minutes you may have a clear sky and bright sun for half an hour , and you are then enveloped in the fog again . The Jamaica fleet , which consisted of about one hundred and fifty sail , some of which were ...
... yards , and then in a few minutes you may have a clear sky and bright sun for half an hour , and you are then enveloped in the fog again . The Jamaica fleet , which consisted of about one hundred and fifty sail , some of which were ...
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... were given to reef the topsails . It was the business of boys , with the assistance of marines , to reef the mizzen topsail . He who is first aloft goes on the weather yard- arm , and passes the earring , so called , 3 CHAPTER II. ...
... were given to reef the topsails . It was the business of boys , with the assistance of marines , to reef the mizzen topsail . He who is first aloft goes on the weather yard- arm , and passes the earring , so called , 3 CHAPTER II. ...
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... yard- arm . As I was not fortunate enough to be first , but was however the second , it was my lot to go on to the lee yard - arm , and pass the earring . I was followed by sev- eral heavy marines ; the lee lift broke , or as the ...
... yard- arm . As I was not fortunate enough to be first , but was however the second , it was my lot to go on to the lee yard - arm , and pass the earring . I was followed by sev- eral heavy marines ; the lee lift broke , or as the ...
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... yards of our lines . About the 9th , the British fleet lying within the bar , having a fresh wind in their favour , ventured to run by Sullivan's Island , under a heavy fire from fort Moultrie . They lost twenty seven seamen killed and ...
... yards of our lines . About the 9th , the British fleet lying within the bar , having a fresh wind in their favour , ventured to run by Sullivan's Island , under a heavy fire from fort Moultrie . They lost twenty seven seamen killed and ...
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... yards of me ; the bricks and plaster flew on every side , yet we escaped uninjured . The siege being closely pressed , balls and shells were continually falling within the city . I have during the night counted ten bombs of different ...
... yards of me ; the bricks and plaster flew on every side , yet we escaped uninjured . The siege being closely pressed , balls and shells were continually falling within the city . I have during the night counted ten bombs of different ...
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