 At this moment, a Spanish officer looked over the quarterdeck rail, and said they surrendered. From this most welcome intelligence, it was not long before I was on the quarterdeck; where the Spanish captain, with a bow, presented me his sword, and said...  Public Characters - Page 4531809Full view - About this book
 | James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones - Europe - 1799 - 714 pages
...the soldiers to fire into herstern ; and calling to Captain Miller, ordered him to send more men into the San Nicholas ; and directed my people to board...Captain Berry assisting me into the main chains. At tliis moment a Spanish officer looked over the quarter-deck rail, and said they surrendered. From this... | |
 | James Harrison (biographer of Nelson.) - 1806 - 430 pages
...ordered him to send more men into the San Nicolas, and directed my people to board the first-rate, which was done in an instant, Captain Berry assisting me into the main-chains. At this moment, a Spanish officer looked over the quarter-deck rail, and said they surrendered.... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...ordered him to send more men into the San Nicholas, and directed my people to board the first-rate, which was done in an instant; captain Berry assisting me into the mainchains. At this moment, a Spanish officer looked over the quardeck rail, and said they had surrendered.... | |
 | William James - 1826 - 606 pages
...ordered him to send more men into the SanNicholas ; and directed my people to board the firstrate, which was done in an instant, captain Berry assisting...At this moment, a spanish officer looked over the quarterdeck rail, and said they surrendered. From this most welcome intelligence, it was not long before... | |
 | Old Sailor - Naval biography - 1826 - 534 pages
...the soldiers to fire' into her stern ; and calling to Capt. Miller, ordered him to send more men into the San Nicholas, and directed my people to board...rate, which was done in an instant, Captain Berry assisted me into the main chains. At this moment a Spanish officer looked over the quarter-deck rail,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1832 - 520 pages
...the soldiers to fire into her stern; and calling to Captain Miller, ordered him to send more men into the San Nicholas, and directed my people to board...in an instant, Captain Berry assisting me into the main-chains. At this moment a Spanish officer looked over the quarter-deck rail, and said they surrendered.... | |
 | Great Britain - 1832 - 488 pages
...soldiers to fire into her stern ; and calling to Captain Miller, ordered him to send more men into the San Nicholas, and directed my people to board...in an instant, Captain Berry assisting me into the main-chains. At this moment a Spanish officer looked over the quarter-deck rail, and said they surrendered.... | |
 | 1838 - 120 pages
...more men into the San Nicolas, I directed my brave fellows to board the first-rate, the San Joseph, which was done in an instant,* Captain Berry assisting...chains. At this moment a Spanish officer looked over the quarter-deck rail, and said they surrendered : from this most welcome intelligence, it was not long... | |
 | 486 pages
...ordered him to send more men into the San Nicolas, and directed my people to board the first-rate, which was done in an instant, — Captain Berry assisting...At this moment, a Spanish officer looked over the quarter-deck rail, and said they surrendered. From this most welcome intelligence it was not long before... | |
 | Joseph Allen - Great Britain - 1852 - 596 pages
...ordered him to send more men into the San Nicolas, and directed my people to board the first-rate, which was done in an instant, Captain Berry assisting me into the main-chains. At this moment a Spanish officer looked over the quarter-deck rail, and said they surrendered.... | |
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