 | James Hardie - Biography - 1801 - 536 pages
...thirty-two pound shot seemed incapable of making any visible impression upon their hulls. For some time, the attack and defence were so equally well supported, as scarcely to admit any appearance of superiority in the cannonade of either side. In the afternoon, however, the effect... | |
 | Charles Leonard Irby, James Mangles - Egypt - 1845 - 346 pages
...rigging of all was in great confusion, our hopes of a favourable and speedy decision began to revive. For some hours the attack and defence were so equally well supported as scarcely to admit any appearance of superiority in the cannonade on either side. The wonderful construction of the ships... | |
 | Henry Ottley - Defensive (Military science) - 1854 - 156 pages
...rigging of all was in great confusion, our hopes of a favourable and speedy decision began to revive. For some hours the attack and defence were so equally well supported as scarcely to admit any appearance of superiority in the cannonade on either side. The wonderful construction of the ships... | |
 | John William Dorville - 1883 - 368 pages
...Incessant showers of hot balls, carcasses, and shells of every species flew from all quarters; yet, for some hours, the attack and defence were so equally well supported, as scarcely to admit any appearance of superiority in the cannonade on either side. The wonderful construction of the ships... | |
 | Military art and science - 1834 - 754 pages
...shot, which began to be used about twelve, but were not general till between one and two o'clock." " For some hours the attack and defence were so equally well supported, as scarcely to admit any appearance of superiority in the cannonade on either side. The wonderful construction of the ships... | |
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For some hours the attack and defence were so equally well supported, as scarcely to admit 