| William James - 1837 - 412 pages
...them, should they persist in mixing with our ships. The other mode would be, to stand under an easy but commanding sail, directly for their headmost ship,...the van, passing very close ; they being on a wind, you, going large, could cut their line when you please. The van-ships of the enemy would, by the time... | |
| William James - Great Britain - 1837 - 416 pages
...them, should they persist in mixing with our ships. The other mode would be, to stand under an easy but commanding sail, directly for their headmost ship,...whether I should pass to leeward or to windward of liim. In that situation, I would make the signal to engage the enemy to leeward, and to cut through... | |
| Horatio Nelson (1st visct.) - 1846 - 560 pages
...for their headmost Ship, so ns to prevent the Enemy from knowing whether 1 should pass to leeward or windward of him. In that situation, I would make the...and you going large, could cut their Line when you plense. The Van-Ships of the Enemy would, by the time our Rear came abreast of the Van- Ship, be severely... | |
| William James - 1859 - 550 pages
...them, should they persist in mixing with our ships. The other mode would be, to stand under an easy but commanding sail, directly for their headmost ship,...the van, passing very close ; they being on a wind, you, going large, could cut their line when you please. The van-ships of the enemy would, by the time... | |
| Sir Edward Cust - Europe - 1862 - 390 pages
...the enemy to leeward, 214 LORD NELSON'S TACTICS. [AD and to cut through their fleet about the sixth from the van, passing very close. They being on a wind, and we going large, we could cut their line when we please. The van ships of the enemy, by the time our... | |
| Charles Duke Yonge - 1866 - 552 pages
...them, should they persist in mixing with our ships. The other mode would be, to stand under an easy but commanding sail, directly for their headmost ship,...enemy from knowing whether I should pass to leeward or windward of him. In that situation, I would make the signal to engage the enemy to leeward, and to... | |
| George Lathom Browne - Admirals - 1891 - 576 pages
...should they persist in mixing with our ships. " The other mode would be, to stand under an easy but commanding sail, directly for their headmost ship,...enemy from knowing whether I should pass to leeward or windward of them. In that situation I would engage the enemy to leeward, and to cut through their fleet... | |
| Alfred Thayer Mahan - Admirals - 1897 - 524 pages
...them, should they persist in mixing with our Ships. The other mode would be, to stand under an easy but commanding sail, directly for their headmost Ship,...Enemy from knowing whether I should pass to leeward or windward of him. In that situation, I would nutke the signal to engage the Enemy to leeward, and to... | |
| Alfred Thayer Mahan - Biography & Autobiography - 1897 - 540 pages
...them, should they persist in mixing with our Ships. The other mode would be, to stand under an easy but commanding sail, directly for their headmost Ship,...Enemy from knowing whether I should pass to leeward or windward of him. In that situation, I would make the signal to engage the Enemy to leeward, and to... | |
| Alfred Thayer Mahan - Admirals - 1899 - 894 pages
...for their headmost Ship, so as to prevent the Enemy from knowing whether I should pass to leeward or windward of him. In that situation, I would make the...wind, and you going large, could cut their Line when yon please. The Van-Ships of the Enemy would, by the time our Rear came abreast of the Van-Ship, be... | |
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