 Whitehaven; but the wind became very light, so that the ship would not in proper time approach so near as I had intended. At midnight I left the ship with two boats and thirty-one volunteers; when we reached the outer pier the day began to dawn; I would...  The Atlantic Magazine - Seite 3341824Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Henry Sherburne - 1851 - 422 Seiten
...with two boats and thirty-one volunteers. When we reached the outer pier, the day began to dawn. I would not, however, abandon my enterprise ; but despatched...set fire to the shipping on the north side of the harbor, while I went with the other party to attempt the south side. I was successful in scaling the... | |
 | John Henry Sherburne - 1851 - 434 Seiten
...with two boats and tlurty-one volunteers. When we reached the outer pier, the day began to dawn. I would not, however, abandon my enterprise ; but despatched...set fire to the shipping on the north side of the harbor, while I went with the other party to attempt the south side. I was successful in scaling the... | |
 | John Paul Jones - 1855 - 560 Seiten
...with two boats and thirty-one volunteers ; when we reached the outer pier, the day began to dawn ; I would not, however, abandon my enterprise, but despatched...first fort ; finding the sentinels shut up in the guard-house, they were secured without being hurt. Having fixed sentinels, I now took with me one man... | |
 | John Paul Jones - 1858 - 504 Seiten
...with two boats and thirty-one volunteers; when we reached the outer pier, the day began to dawn; I would not, however, abandon my enterprise, but despatched...the north side of the harbour, while I went with the oth^ party to attempt the south side. I was successful in scaling the walls and spiking up all the... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1870 - 632 Seiten
...foragers, day began to dawn just as they reached the outer pier. A boat was, however, instantly despatched to set fire to the shipping on the north side of the harbour, Paul himself undertaking to burn that on the south. The walls were soon scaled ; the cannon spiked... | |
 | 1870 - 844 Seiten
...foragers, day began to dawn just as they reached the outer pier. A boat was, however, instantly despatched to set fire to the shipping on the north side of the harbour, Paul himself undertaking to burn that on the south. The walls were soon scaled ; the cannon spiked... | |
 | Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald - 1883 - 408 Seiten
...pier the day began to dawn ; I would not, however, abandon my enterprise, but despatched one boat, with the necessary combustibles, to set fire to the...first fort ; finding the sentinels shut up in the guard-house, they were secured without being hurt. Having fixed sentinels, I now took with me one man... | |
 | John Paul Jones - 1890 - 564 Seiten
...two boats and thirty-one volunteers ; when we reached the outer pier, the day began to <l;i»n : I would not, however, abandon my enterprise, but despatched...boat under the direction of Mr. Hill and Lieutenant Wallmgsford, with the necessary combustibles to set fire to the shipping on the north side of the harbour,... | |
 | Jessie Peabody Frothingham - 1902 - 430 Seiten
...beginning to be roused. He divided his men into two parties : Lieutenant Wallingford and his division were to set fire to the shipping on the north side of the harbor, while Paul Jones led his men to the south. Nearly three hundred vessels lay side by side in... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Printing - 1907 - 350 Seiten
...with two boats and thirty.one volunteers. When we reached the outer pier, the day began to dawn. I would not however abandon my enterprise; but despatched...set fire to the shipping on the north side of the harbor, while I went with the other party to attempt the south side. I was successful in scaling the... | |
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