 | David Hume - 1811 - 536 Seiten
...Proceeding in his voyage, on the 15th of January, he descried, off cape St. Vincents a Spanish squadron of eleven ships of the line, under the command of don Juan de Langara. The wind blowing towards the shore, the British admiral, on perceiving the enemy, immediately kept... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1816 - 834 Seiten
...Proceeding in his voyage, on the lath of January, he descried, off Gape St. Vincent, a Spanish squadron of eleven ships of the line under the command of Don Juan de Lángara. The wind blowing towards the shore, the British admiral on perceiving Uic enemy, immediately... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1822 - 824 Seiten
...Proceeding in his voyage, on the 15th of January, he descried, off Cape St. Vincent, a Spanish squadron of eleven ships of the line under the command of Don Juan de Langara. The wind blowing towards the shore, the British admiral on perceiving the enemy.immediately kept to... | |
 | John Lendrum - 1836 - 202 Seiten
...still greater and more brilliant. About a week after, the admiral fell in with a Spanish squadron of 11 ships of the line, under the command of Don Juan de Langara, off Cape St. Vincent, and, on the 16th of January, engaged them, in a dark, rainy, and tempestuous... | |
 | Mrs. Markham - 1837 - 550 Seiten
...was in the possession of the English, and then, after sailing again into the West Indies, where he left a part of his fleet, proceeded with the remainder...the line, under the command of Don Juan de Langara. He then proceeded to Gibraltar, without opposition, and afterwards to the West Indies. He had there... | |
 | Carlo Botta - 1840 - 506 Seiten
...On the sixteenth of January, admiral Rodney fell in, off cape St. Vincent, with a Spanish squadron of eleven ships of the line, under the command of don Juan Langara. The Spanish admiral, if he had chosen, might have avoided the encounter of a force so prodigously... | |
 | A. Murray - 1846 - 152 Seiten
...the 1 6th of January, Admiral Rodney fell in, off Cape St. Vincent, with a squadron of eleven Spanish ships of the line, under the command of Don Juan de Langara ; the latter tried to avoid an engagement. To counteract his manoeuvres, Admiral Rodney changed the... | |
 | Mrs. Markham - 1848 - 648 Seiten
...was in the possession of the English, and then, after sailing again into the West Indies, where he left a part of his fleet, proceeded with the remainder...The chief events of the year 1780 were, that on the IClh of January, admiral Rodney, who was on his way to relieve Gibraltar, which had been blockaded... | |
 | Carlo Botta - 1852 - 974 Seiten
...On the sixteenth of January, admiral Rodney fell in, off cape St. Vincent, with a Spanish squadron of eleven ships of the line, under the command of don Juan Langara. The Spanish admiral, if he had chosen, might have avoided the encounter of a force so prodigously... | |
 | Sir Edward Cust - 1862 - 414 Seiten
...midshipman under Rear- Admiral Digby. The Admiral then continued his voyage, and on the 16th fell in with a Spanish fleet of eleven ships of the line under the command of Don Juan de Langara off Cape St. Vineent, where he was awaiting the convoy which Rodney and the tempest had destroyed.... | |
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... d'Estaing, took the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, and had an indecisive engagement with admirals Byron and Barrington. D'Estaing afterwards made an unsuccessful attempt on Savannah in Georgia, which was in the possession of the English, and... 
