 His plan of defence was as well conceived and as original as the plan of attack. He formed the fleet in a double line, every alternate ship being about a cable's length to windward of her second ahead and astern. Nelson, certain of a triumphant issue...  Cobbett's Political Register - Page 731edited by - 1805Full view - About this book
 | James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones - 1805 - 584 pages
...of' attack wsi «inusual, so the structure of their line WHS new; — it formed a cresje.it cr^vexing to leeward — so that, in leading down to their centre,...cable's length to windward of her second a-head and »-stern, forming a kind of doulile line, and appeared, when on their beam, to leave a very little... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1810 - 462 pages
...defence was as original as that of attack. They were formed in a double line, every alternate ship being about a cable's length to windward of her second ahead and astern. Nelson never went into a battle without a full sense of its danger, and always seems rather to have... | |
 | John Bigland, Jedidiah Morse - 1812 - 470 pages
...to the northward and formed their line with great closeness and skill. Before the action commenced, every alternate ship was about a cable's length to windward of her second a head and astern, forming a compact double line. The dispositions of the enemy's fleet evinced, on... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1813 - 306 pages
...as original, as the plan of attack. He formed the fleet in a double line, every alternate ship being about a cable's length to windward of her second ahead and astern. Nelson certain of a triumphant issue to the day, asked Blackwood what he should consider as a victory.... | |
 | 1814 - 258 pages
...as original, as the plan of attack. He formed the fleet in a double line, every alternate ship being about a cable's length to windward of her second ahead and astern. Nelson, certain of a triumphant issue to the day, asked Blackwood what he should consider as a victory.... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 pages
...the Tyrol. original as that of attack : they were formed in a double line, every alternate ship being about a cable's length to windward of her second a-head and a-stern. Nelson never went into a battle without a full sense of it's danger, and always seems rather to have... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1819 - 364 pages
...and fifteen Spanish ships, formed a crescent convexing to the leeward. Before the action commenced, every alternate ship was about a cable's length to...a-head and astern, forming a kind of double line. The commander in chief, admiral Villeneuve, in the Bucentaure, was in the centre : the prince of Asturias... | |
 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 pages
...as original, as the plan of attack. He formed the fleet in a double line, every alternate ship being about a cable's length to windward of her second, ahead and astern. Nelson, certain of a triumphant issue to the day, asked Blackwood what he should consider as a victory.... | |
 | John William Norie - 1827 - 632 pages
...to leeward, so that in leading down to their centre, Vice-Adm. Collingwood, the second in command, had both their van and rear abaft the beam. Before...cable's length to windward of her second ahead and stern, forming a kind of double line, and appeared, when on their beam, to leave a very little interval... | |
 | 1831 - 608 pages
...leeward, so that in leading down to tbeir centre, Vice-Admiral Collingwood, the second in command, had both their van and rear abaft the beam. Before...cable's length to windward of her second ahead and stern, forming a kind of double line, and appeared, when on their beam, to leave a very little interval... | |
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