...consider,' says the Admiral, ' the ' season of the year, the hard gales on the day of action, a fly' ing enemy, the shortness of the day, and the coast we...that all that could possibly be done has ' been done. On the weather moderating, Sir Edward Hawke placed a squadron of eight sail of the line and three frigates,...

...action, a flying enemy, the shortness of the day, and the coast we were on, I can boldly affirm, thai all that could possibly be done has been done. As...account of the necessity I was under of running all risk?, to break this strong force of the enemy. Had we had but two hours more daylight, the whole had...

...among the former was second-lieutenant Price. " As to the loss we have sustained," says the Admiral, " let it be placed to the account of the necessity I was under of running all risk to break this strong force of the enemy : had we had but twc hours more daylight, the whole had...

...among the former was second-lieutenant Price. " As to the loss we have sustained," says the Admiral, " let it be placed to the account of the necessity I was under of running all risk to break this strong force of the enemy : had we had but two hours more daylight, the whole had...

...gales of wind on the day of action, a flying enemy, the shortness of the day, and the coast we were on, I can boldly affirm that all, that could possibly...to break this strong force of the enemy. Had we had two hours more daylight, the whole had been totally destroyed or taken, for we were almost up with...

...gales of wind on the day of action, a flying enemy, the shortness of the day, and the coast we were on, I can boldly affirm that all, that could possibly...to break this strong force of the enemy. Had we had two hours more daylight, the whole had been totally destroyed or taken, for we were almost up with...

...consider,' says the Admiral, ' the ' season of the year, the hard gales on the day of action, a fly' ing enemy, the shortness of the day, and the coast we...all that could possibly be done has ' been done.' On the weather moderating, Sir Edward Hawke placed a squadron of eight sail of the line and three frigates,...

...the hard gales on the day of action, a flying enemy, the shortness of the day, and the coast wo wore on, I can boldly affirm, that all that could possibly be done, has been done. Had w« had but two hours more daylight, the whole had been totally destroyed, or taken, for we were...

...well as ours." In short, he considered, as he says in his Despatch, that he was " under the necessity of running all risks to break this strong force of the enemy " ; he had fairly calculated those risks ; and though he lost two line-of-battle ships in the process,...

...yet, says the Admiral in the most modest despatch that victor ever penned, " I was under the necessity of running all risks to break this strong force of the enemy.'' Here was his great maxim put to the strongest test at last, and he elected " to make downright work...