...found himself compelled to give the signal for retreat, leaving one of the frigates aground, which was set on fire, to prevent her falling into the hands of the enemy. Nor were the Americans less fortunate hy sea this'year, for commodore Hopkins, who had under...

...fast-sailing schooner, charged with despatches for Wellington, when he was expected to occupy Bourdeaux, and entered the Garonne in the dead of the night,...flags and beauty greeting his arrival. ' Peace came : Buonaparte was elbowed off to Elba ; and the " red flag at the fore " was as far off as ever. My...

...of the night, lighted on my way by the flames of a French eighty-gun ship which had been set on tire to prevent her falling into the hands of the English...flags and beauty greeting his arrival. Peace came : Buonaparte was elbowed off to Elba ; and the " red flag at the fore" was as far oft' as ever. My...

...stricter sense of the expression, an accurate investigation into the (1) Where a ship was wilfully set on fire to prevent her falling into the hands of the enemy, this was considered a loss within the policy. Gordon v. Rimmington, 1 Campb. 123. And when a...

...Garonne in the dead of the night, lighted on my way by the flames of a French eighty-gun ship, which had been set on fire to prevent her falling into the...Bonaparte was elbowed off to Elba ; and the " red flasç at the fore" was as far off as ever. My vessel was paid off, and after many years activity,...

...removing her crew and part of her stores on board the Centurion ; and, on the 15th of August, she was set on fire, to prevent her falling into the hands of the Spaniards, to whom the valuable prize-goods on board would have rendered her a welcome acquisition....

...succeeded in getting a 9-in. shell through her bow armor. Later on her machinery broke down, and she was set on fire to prevent her falling into the hands of the Federals. The fight in Mobile Bay was in August, 1864, and no better example of the value of armor...