 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 - 第334页1824全本阅读 - 图书信息
 | John Henry Sherburne - 1825 - 374 页
...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 - 1825 - 400 页
...the ship, with two boats, and thirty-one volunteers. When we reached the outer pier, the day began to dawn. 1 would not, however, abandon my enterprise...boat under the direction of Mr. Hill and Lieutenant Wailingsford, with the necessary combustibles, to set fire to the shipping on the north side of the... | |
 | 1825 - 468 页
...distant from each other. In the mean time, he had dispatched his lieutenant, 'Wallingford, with a party to set fire to the shipping on the north side of the harbour ; and on his return to the Ranger, he looked out anxiously for the expected blaze : it did not appear... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1825 - 464 页
...distant from each other. In the mean time, he had dispatched his lieutenant, \Vallingford, with a party to set fire to the shipping on the north side of the harbour; and on his return to the Ranger, he looked out anxiously for the expected blaze: it did not appear:... | |
 | John Paul Jones - 1830 - 358 页
...ship 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 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 - 1830 - 566 页
...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.... | |
 | John Paul Jones - 1830 - 578 页
...with two boats and thirty-one volunteers; when wo reached the outer pier, the day began to dawn; I would not, however, abandon my enterprise, but despatched...the harbour, while I went with the other party to attempl the south side. I was successful in scaling ' the walls and spiking up all the cannon on the... | |
 | 1870 - 878 页
...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 in... | |
 | John Paul Jones - 1845 - 416 页
...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... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1846 - 278 页
...party reached the outer pier. Jones now divided his men. One party was sent, under Lieut. Wallingford, to set fire to the shipping on the north side of the harbor, while he went himself with the other to, do the same on the south. There was a small fort on... | |
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