Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 256, Issue 1548William Blackwood, 1944 |
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Page 252
... Portsmouth and Plymouth , with orders to be ready to sail on 22nd October 1758. Four battalions were to embark at the first- named , and two at the latter port . These transports were not remarkable either for size or sailing power ...
... Portsmouth and Plymouth , with orders to be ready to sail on 22nd October 1758. Four battalions were to embark at the first- named , and two at the latter port . These transports were not remarkable either for size or sailing power ...
Page 253
... Portsmouth fleet to sail ; but , before it reached Torbay , so violent a gale was encountered that it was completely dispersed , some ships getting into Poole , and the rest back to Spithead , not without the total loss of one transport ...
... Portsmouth fleet to sail ; but , before it reached Torbay , so violent a gale was encountered that it was completely dispersed , some ships getting into Poole , and the rest back to Spithead , not without the total loss of one transport ...
Page 254
... Portsmouth , and he having been unable to obtain another in Plymouth . A little before dark the Master returned with Captn . Shieldam's carpenter's mate , whom he had been so good as to lend to me , in order to make a window in my cabin ...
... Portsmouth , and he having been unable to obtain another in Plymouth . A little before dark the Master returned with Captn . Shieldam's carpenter's mate , whom he had been so good as to lend to me , in order to make a window in my cabin ...
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