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 | United States. President - United States - 1861 - 824 pages
...aground. We have only two guns that will bear in the direction of the enemy. Shall I remain on board after the moon goes down with my crippled ship and...worn-out men? Will you send me word what countersign my boats shall use if we pass near your ship? While we have moonlight, would it not be better to leave... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1862 - 728 pages
...aground. We have only two gnus that will bear in the direction of the enemy. Shall I remain on board after the moon goes down with my crippled ship and...worn-out men ? Will you send me word what countersign my boars shall use if we pass near your ship? While we have moonlight, would it not be better to leave... | |
 | Charles Brandon Boynton - United States - 1868 - 662 pages
...aground. We have only two guns that will bear in the direction of the enemy. Shall I remain on board after the moon goes down with my crippled ship and...worn-out men ? Will you send me word what countersign my boats shall use if we pass near your ship ? While we have moonlight, would it not be better to leave... | |
 | John Randolph Spears - 1897 - 650 pages
...aground. We have only two guns that will bear in the direction of the enemy. Shall I remain on board after the moon goes down, with my crippled ship and...worn-out men ? Will you send me word what countersign my boats shall use if we pass near your ship ? While we have moonlight, would it not be better to leave... | |
 | John Randolph Spears - Spanish-American War, 1898 - 1898 - 560 pages
...aground. We have only two guns that will bear in the direction of the enemy. Shall I remain on board after the moon goes down, with my crippled ship and...worn-out men ? Will you send me word what countersign my boats shall use if we pass near your ship ? While we have moonlight, would it not be better to leave... | |
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