 All the powder of the Revenge to the last barrel was now spent, all her pikes broken, forty of her best men slain, and the most part of the rest hurt. In the beginning of the fight she had but one hundred free from sickness and fourscore and ten sick,...  The Boy's Book of Famous Warships - Page 45by William Oliver Stevens - 1916 - 248 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Kerr - Voyages and travels - 1812 - 536 pages
...ravenous hounds, yet escaped. All the powder of the Revenge was now spent to the very last barrel, all her pikes broken, forty of her best men slain, and most part of the rest wounded. In the beginning of the fight, she had 90 of her men lying sick on the ballast... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1812 - 542 pages
...of her majesty* privy chamber. All the powder of the Revenge was now spent to the very last barrel, all her pikes broken, forty of her best men slain, and most part of the rest wounded. In the beginning of the fight, she had &0 of her men lying sick on the ballast... | |
 | Robert Kerr - Explorers - 1824 - 560 pages
...ravenous hounds, yet escaped. All the powder of the Revenge was now spent to the very last barrel, all her pikes broken, forty of her best men slain, and most part of the rest wounded. In the beginning of the fight, she had 90 of her men lying sick on the ballast... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1834 - 378 pages
...the words of the old relation) as the light grew more and more, so by much more grew our discomforts. All the powder of the Revenge to the last barrel was...her pikes broken, forty of her best men slain, and the most part of the rest hurt." The Spaniards had reinforcements of soldiers from the other squadrons,... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1868 - 314 pages
...hunted like a hare amongst many ravenous hounds; but escaped."* The sun rose. All the Revenge's powder to the last barrel was now spent; all her pikes broken ; forty of her best men slain; and the greater part of the remainder wounded. At the beginning of the fight she had, as we have said,... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1869 - 638 pages
...hunted like a hare amongst many ravenous bounds ; but escaped."* The sun rose. All the Revenge's powder to the last barrel was now spent; all her pikes broken ; forty of her best men slain; and the greater part of the remainder wounded. At the beginning of the fight she had, as we have said,... | |
 | Louise Creighton - Great Britain - 1877 - 304 pages
...so the men of the Revenge decreased. At last " all the powder of the Revenge to the last barrel was spent, all her pikes broken, forty of her best men slain, and the most part of the rest hurt." Unto them " remained no comfort at all ; no hope, no supply either... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - Children's stories - 1880 - 334 pages
...morning, bearing with the " Revenge," was hunted like a hare amongst many ravenous hounds, but escaped. All the powder of the " Revenge," to the last barrel,...her pikes broken, forty of her best men slain, and the most part of the rest hurt. In the beginning of the fight she had but one hundred free from sickness,... | |
 | Henry Stewart (M.A.) - 1883 - 500 pages
...relation, " so our men decreased, and as the light grew more and more so by much more grew our discomforts. All the powder of the Revenge to the last barrel was...her pikes broken, forty of her best men slain, and the most part of the rest hurt." And again, " There remained no comfort at all, no hope, no supply... | |
 | Walter Hawken Tregellas - Cornwall (England : County) - 1884 - 414 pages
...morning bearing with the Revenge, was hunted like a hare amongst many ravenous hounds, but escaped. ' All the powder of the Revenge to the last barrel was...her pikes broken, forty of her best men slain, and the most part of the rest hurt. In the beginning of the fight she had but one hundred free from sickness,... | |
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