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" Nereide was carried into battle in a most judicious, officer-like, and gallant manner; and the court cannot do otherwise than express its high admiration of the noble conduct of the captain, officers, and ship's company during the whole of the unequal... "
Royal Naval Biography; Or, Memoirs of the Services of All the Flag-officers ... - Page 177
by John Marshall - 1828
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The naval history of Great Britain, from ... 1793, to ... 1820, with an ...

William James - 1837 - 436 pages
...Majesty's late ship Nereide was carried into battle in a most judicious, officer-like, and gallant manner ; and the court cannot do otherwise than express its...unequal contest, and is further of opinion that the Nercide was not surrendered to the enemy until she was disabled in every respect, so as to render all...
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The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France in ...

William James - Great Britain - 1837 - 436 pages
...Majesty's late ship Nereide was carried into battle in a most judicious, officer-like, and gallant manner; and the court cannot do otherwise than express its...and ship's company during the whole of the unequal * See p. 200. contest, and is further of opinion that the Nereide was not surrendered to the enemy...
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The Churchman's Magazine and Village Churchman for the Year of Our Lord ...

Religion - 1840 - 308 pages
...N.Willoughby's ship had been carried into action 'in a most judicious, officer-like, •and gallant manner, and the Court cannot do otherwise than express its...company during the whole of the unequal contest,' &c. The <3overnor - General of India (Lord Minto), in describing Sir N. "Willoughby's conduct, says...
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The Naval and military sketch book, and history of adventure by flood and field

486 pages
...carried into battle in a most judicious, officer-like, and gallant manner;" expressing at the same time its " high admiration of the noble conduct of the...officers, and ship's company, during the whole of their unequal contest." iStograpfjtcal S>krtrt)es of Bisttngutsfjelr Officers. No. VIII. GENERAL THE...
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An Historical, Political and Statistical Account of Mauritius and Its ...

Charles Pridham - Great Britain - 1849 - 452 pages
...II. MS Nereide was carried into action in a most judicious, officer-like, and gallant manner; and tho court cannot do otherwise than express its high admiration...unequal contest, and is further of opinion that the Nfr&de was not surrendered to the enemy until she was completely disabled, so as to render further...
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Battles of the British Navy, Volume 2

Joseph Allen - Great Britain - 1852 - 660 pages
...carried into battle in a most judicious, officer-like, and gallant manner ; expressing at the same time its " high admiration of the noble conduct of the...officers, and ship's company, during the whole of their unequal contest." 1810.] BOATS OP DREADNOUGHT OFF CSHANT. 337 On the 29th of August, being off...
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Fraser's Magazine, Volume 99

1879 - 826 pages
...Majesty's late ship Nereide was carried into battle in a most judicious, officer-like, and gallant manner ; and the court cannot do otherwise than express its...of the captain, officers, and ship's company during tho whole of the unequal contest.' This action was fought in August 1810, and formed a sort of preliminary...
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Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 19

1879 - 820 pages
...late ship Néréide was carried into battle in a most judicious, officer-like, and gallant manner ; and the court cannot do otherwise than express its...of the captain, officers, and ship's company during tho whole of the unequal contest.' This action was fought in August 1810, and formed a sort of preliminary...
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The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present, Volume 5

Sir William Laird Clowes, Sir Clements Robert Markham, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Herbert Wrigley Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, Leonard George Carr Laughton - Great Britain - 1900 - 712 pages
...Majesty's late ship Nereide was carried into battle in a most judicious, officer-like, and gallant manner; and the court cannot do otherwise than express its...and that no blame whatever attaches to them for the kiss of the said ship." 2 It has been said that Captain Pym despatched the Windham to Commodore Josias...
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The Dictionary of National Biography, Founded in 1882 by George Smith, Volume 21

Great Britain - 1922 - 1410 pages
...carried into battle in a most judicious, officer-like, and gallant manner,' and formally expressed ' its high admiration of the noble conduct of the captain,...company during the whole of the unequal contest." The sentence, concluding with a ' most honourable ' acquittal, has been correctly described as ' unprecedented...
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