 This loss was a death-blow to the Spanish naval force in that quarter of the world; for, although there were still two Spanish frigates and some smaller vessels in the Pacific, they never afterwards ventured to show themselves, but left Lord Cochrane...  Battles of the Nineteenth Century - Pagina 269door Archibald Forbes - 1896Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1872 - 802 pagina’s
...writes the well-known Captain Basil Hall, who was on the South American station at the time, " was a death-blow to the Spanish naval force in that quarter of the world." We shall not mention any other of his famous exploits ; and we can only think with a sigh that so much... | |
 | Basil Hall - 1824 - 240 pagina’s
...had upwards of 120 men killed and wounded, and the Chilians 11 killed and 30 wounded. This loss was a death-blow to the Spanish naval force in that quarter...Lord Cochrane undisputed master of the coast. The skill and gallantry displayed by Lord Cochrane, both in planning and in conducting this astonishing... | |
 | Basil Hall - 1824 - 492 pagina’s
...had upwards of 120 men killed and wounded, and the Chilians 11 killed and 30 wounded. This loss was a death-blow to the Spanish naval force in that quarter...Lord Cochrane undisputed master of the coast. The skill and gallantry displayed by Lord Cochrane, both in planning and in conducting this astonishing... | |
 | Basil Hall - 1824 - 360 pagina’s
...had upwards of 120 men killed and wounded, and the Chilians 11 killed and 30 wounded. This loss was a death-blow to the Spanish naval force in that quarter...Lord Cochrane undisputed master of the coast. The skill and gallantry displayed by Lord Cochrane, both in planning and in conducting this astonishing... | |
 | Old Sailor - 1826 - 534 pagina’s
...Spaniards had upwards of 120 men killed and wounded ; the Chilians II killed, and 30 wounded. This loss was a death-blow to the Spanish naval force in that quarter...Lord Cochrane undisputed master of the coast. The skill and gallantry displayed by Lord Cochrane, both in planning and conducting this astonishing enterprize,... | |
 | John Campbell - 1841 - 604 pagina’s
...upwards of 120 men killed and wounded, the Chilians eleven killed, and thirty wounded. " This loss was a death-blow to the Spanish naval force in that quarter...left lord Cochrane undisputed master of the coast." Lord Cochrane's latest employment was in the service of the Brazils, the emperor of which, Don Pedro,... | |
 | Thomas Sutcliffe - 1841 - 620 pagina’s
...and twenty men killed and wounded; the Chilians eleven killed, and thirty wounded. “This loss was a death-blow to the Spanish naval force in that quarter...afterwards ventured to show themselves, but left Lord Cochraime undisputed muter of the coe.st.” General San Martin's Official Dcspatch to the Chilian... | |
 | Thomas Sutcliffe - 1841 - 606 pagina’s
...and twenty men killed and wounded ; the Chilians eleven killed, and thirty wounded. " This loss was a death-blow to the Spanish naval force in that quarter...frigates and some smaller vessels in the Pacific, theynever afterwards ventured to show themselves, but left Lord Cochrane undisputed master of the coast."•... | |
 | Samuel F. Holbrook - 1857 - 508 pagina’s
...upwards of 120 men killed and wounded ; the Chilians 11 killed and 30 wounded. This loss was a death blow to the Spanish naval force in that quarter of the...Lord Cochrane undisputed master of the coast. The skill and gallantry displayed by Lord Cochrane, both in planning and conducting this astonishing enterprise,... | |
 | Thomas Cochrane Earl of Dundonald - 1859 - 328 pagina’s
...was captured, her cables cut, and she was steered triumphantly out of the harbour. " This loss was a death-blow to the Spanish naval force in that quarter...in the Pacific, they never afterwards ventured to shew themselves, but left Lord Cochrane undisputed master of the coast." Oil the morning of the 6th... | |
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