How England Saved Europe the Story of the Great War 1793 1815 volume 1
How England Saved Europe the Story of the Great War 1793 1815 volume 1
Fitchett, W. H. (William Henry), 1845-1928
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"I believe, " writes Tone, in a Avrath too deep even for expletives, " it was the first instance of an admiral in a clean frigate, with moderate weather and moonlight nights, parting company with his fleet. " Bouvet, however, the admiral next in command, pushed on, and on December 21, Capo Clear was in sight, and out of 43 ships which had loft Brest, 37 were within signalling distance of each other. On the 22nd the fleet was within twelve miles of the head of Bantry Bay, but the wind by this ti...me was blowing stiffly from the east. The French fleet could only reach the bay by beating up through thirty miles of narrow waters. Only that winding ribbon of angry sea stretched betwixt them and success ; but the task was too much alike for French ships and French seamanship. "I behevo, " wrote Wolfe Tone, "that we have made 300 tacks, and have not gained lOO yards in a straight line. " An FRENCH DESCENTS I 71 average gain of twelve inches eacli time a great ship went about was, indeed, slow progress, and Tone can only do justice to his emotions by re- cording in his journal the syllables, " d it, d it !
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