The Blockade and the Cruisers, 1. sējumsC. Scribner's Sons, 1883 - 257 lappuses |
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1.–5. rezultāts no 31.
62. lappuse
... shot - proof under the fire of such broadsides as the two vessels could bring against her . Moreover , her sister ships , the Roanoke and Minnesota , lay below near the fort . A careful lookout was kept up , however ; the ships were ...
... shot - proof under the fire of such broadsides as the two vessels could bring against her . Moreover , her sister ships , the Roanoke and Minnesota , lay below near the fort . A careful lookout was kept up , however ; the ships were ...
63. lappuse
... shot re- bounded from her iron side like pebbles , she steered directly for the Cumberland . The latter received her with a dis- charge of shot which entered the port , knocked off the muz- zles of two guns , and killed or wounded ...
... shot re- bounded from her iron side like pebbles , she steered directly for the Cumberland . The latter received her with a dis- charge of shot which entered the port , knocked off the muz- zles of two guns , and killed or wounded ...
64. lappuse
... shot was fired as the ship heeled over to port , and officers and crew jumped for their lives into the water . A moment more , and the Cumberland , with her ensign still flying at the peak , sank to her tops . While the Merrimac was ...
... shot was fired as the ship heeled over to port , and officers and crew jumped for their lives into the water . A moment more , and the Cumberland , with her ensign still flying at the peak , sank to her tops . While the Merrimac was ...
65. lappuse
... shot , and the people of the Congress , who had remained passive while the contest was going on over and around them , manned their boats and escaped to the shore . The ship , left to herself , continued to burn slowly , and at one o ...
... shot , and the people of the Congress , who had remained passive while the contest was going on over and around them , manned their boats and escaped to the shore . The ship , left to herself , continued to burn slowly , and at one o ...
68. lappuse
... shot under the Minnesota's counter , near the water line , but did no further injury . The Monitor's anchor was up ... shot striking the outer wall , produced a concussion that disabled him . As the tur- ret was struck the shot glanced ...
... shot under the Minnesota's counter , near the water line , but did no further injury . The Monitor's anchor was up ... shot striking the outer wall , produced a concussion that disabled him . As the tur- ret was struck the shot glanced ...
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action Alabama anchor arrived Atlantic attack attempt battery belligerent blockade blockade-runners blockaded port blockading squadron boat broadside built Cape Cape Fear River Captain captured cargo Carolina carried channel Charleston coal coast command commerce Commodore Confederate crew cruise cruisers Cumberland Cushing Dahlgren guns deck enemy enemy's engagement entrance fact fire fleet Florida force foreign frigate Galveston Government Gulf gunboats guns Hampton Roads harbor Harriet Lane Hatteras Home Squadron hundred Inlet ironclad Island Kearsarge Key West later Lieutenant Liverpool lying Maffitt Merrimac miles Mobile Monitor months Nassau naval navy neutral night Norfolk North Carolina officers operations party passed Pensacola pilot-house Powhatan prize proceeded proclamation repairs rifled river Roanoke sailing schooner screw-sloops Semmes sent Sewall's Point shell ship ships-of-war shore shot side side-wheel steamer sloop-of-war Sold South station steam steamers Sumter tion took torpedo turret vessels warfare Water Witch Weehawken Wilmington XI-inch yards
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167. lappuse - ... carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace; and also to use like diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction, to warlike use.
167. lappuse - A neutral government is bound— First, to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a power with which it is at peace...
26. lappuse - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective — that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
68. lappuse - WHEREAS the laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
90. lappuse - By this time the enemy's fire was very severe, but a dose of canister, at short range, served to moderate their zeal and disturb their aim. Paymaster Swan, of the Otsego, was wounded near me, but how many more I know not. Three bullets struck my clothing, and the air seemed full of them. In a moment we had struck the logs, just abreast of the quarter-port, breasting them in some feet, and our bows resting on them.
27. lappuse - Commander of one of the blockading vessels, who will endorse on her register the fact and date of such warning ; and if the same vessel shall again attempt to enter or leave the blockaded port, she will be captured and sent to the nearest convenient port, for Bach proceedings against her and her cargo as prize as may be deemed advisable.
27. lappuse - ... deemed it advisable to set on foot a blockade of the ports within the States aforesaid, in pursuance of the laws of the United States, and of the laws of nations in such cases provided.
156. lappuse - ... the blockaded port, she will be captured and sent to the nearest convenient port, for such proceedings against her and her cargo, as prize, as may be deemed advisable. And I hereby proclaim and declare that if any person, under the pretended authority of the said...
186. lappuse - Viewing all the circumstances of the case, they afford room for the supposition that the vessel is styled a tender with the object of avoiding the prohibition against her entrance as a prize into our ports, where, if the captors wished, arrangements could...
156. lappuse - And I hereby proclaim and declare that if any person, under the pretended authority of the said States or under any other pretense, shall molest a vessel of the United States or the persons or cargo on board of her, such person will be held amenable to the laws of the United States for the prevention and punishment of piracy.