Journeys through bookland; a new and original plan for reading (1912)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve company · leaf 240
fe, Nelsonlost his right arm. The first of his very greatachievements was the destruction of the Frenchfleet in the Battle of Aboukir Bay, in 1798; thelast was the famous Battle of Trafalgar, theaccount of which we quote from Southeys Lifeof Nelson. Nelson had been made, in 1803, Commanderin Chief… … T Portsmouth, Nelson, at length,found news of the combinedfleet. Sir Robert Calder, whohad been sent out to intercepttheir return, had fallen in withthem on the 22nd of Julv, sixtvleagues west of Cape Finisterre.Their force consisted of twenty sail of the line,three fifty-gun ships, five frigates,…
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