 ... and the third in the middle, in a horizontal line. Every tongue cried that he was firing into the wrong ship, but nothing availed ; he passed round firing into the Bon homme Richard's head, stern, and broadside, and by one of his vollies killed several...  The United States Literary Gazette - Seite 551826Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Gardner Weld Allen - 1913 - 460 Seiten
...horizontal line. Every tongue cried that he was firing into the wrong ship, but nothing availed ; he passed round firing into the Bon homme Richard's head,...of my best men and mortally wounded a good officer ou the forecastle. " My situation was really deplorable. The Bon homme Richard received various shots... | |
 | Gardner Weld Allen - 1913 - 442 Seiten
...he was firing into the wrong ship, but nothing availed ; he passed round firing into the Bon hommc Richard's head, stern, and broadside, and by one of...of my best men and mortally wounded a good officer oil the forecastle. " My situation was really deplorable. The Bon horn mo Richard received various... | |
 | M. Mac Dermot Crawford - 1913 - 552 Seiten
...round, firing into the Bonhommc Richard's head, stern and broadside and by one of his volleys killing several of my best men, and mortally wounded a good officer on the forecastle." Captain Landais's extraordinary behaviour has never been satisfactorily explained. The Bonhomme Richard... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1916 - 382 Seiten
...horizontal line. Every tongue cried that he was firing into the wrong ship, but nothing availed ; he passed round, firing into the Bon Homme Richard's head, stern, and broadside, and by one of his volleys killed several of my best men, and mortally wounded a good officer on the forecastle only.... | |
 | Woodrow Wilson - 1918 - 402 Seiten
...horizontal line. Every tongue cried that he was firing into the wrong ship, but nothing availed; he passed round, firing into the Bon Homme Richard's head, stern, and broadside, and by one of his volleys killed several of my best men, and mortally wounded a good officer on the forecastle only.... | |
 | William Carlos Williams - 1925 - 262 Seiten
...horizontal line. Every tongue cried that he was firing into the wrong ship, but nothing availed. He passed round, firing into the Bon homme Richard's head, stern, and broadside ; and by one of his volleys killed several of my best men, and mortally wounded a good officer on the forecastle. My situation... | |
 | Willis John Abbot - 1926 - 328 Seiten
...around, firing into the " Bon Homme Richard," head, stern, and broadside, and by one of his volleys killed several of my best men, and mortally wounded a good officer of the forecastle. My situation was truly deplorable. The " Bon Homme Richard" received several shots... | |
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