 Villeneuve was a skilful seaman ; worthy of serving a better master and a better cause. 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...  The Life of Nelson - Pagina 183door Robert Southey - 1900 - 383 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Anonymous - 1810 - 560 pagina’s
...situation of Spain and the Tyrol. The plan of defence was a* original as that of attack, they were formed in a double line, every alternate ship being about...to windward of her second ahead and astern. Nelson never went into a battle without a full sense of its dan-^ ger, and always seems rather to have prepared... | |
 | 1867 - 818 pagina’s
...amongst the ships that suffered most. Before their fire, therefore, opened, every alternate ship was about a cable's length to windward of her second ahead and astern, forming a kind of double line, and appeared, when on their beans, to leave a very little interval between... | |
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