By Conduct and Courage: A Story of the Days of NelsonBlackie, 1905 - 384 pages |
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Page 347 - This bold avowal so incensed Admiral Gardner, that he seized one of the delegates by the collar, and swore he would have them all hanged, together with every fifth man in the fleet.
Page 347 - ... parliament passed, and the king's pardon to the whole fleet granted, the men would not lift an anchor; unless, indeed, as had been always excepted, the enemy's fleet should put to sea. On the 21st, in the hope to remove these remaining impediments in the way of a reconciliation, Vice-admirals Sir Alan Gardner and Colpoys, and Rear-admiral Pole, went on board the Queen Charlotte, and had a conference with the delegates. The latter, however, assured the admirals that no arrangement would be considered...