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Edward Osler. The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth
The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
FAMILY HISTORY
CHAPTER II
HIS SERVICES FROM 1778 TO 1791
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER III
THE NYMPHE AND CLEOPATRA
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER IV
THE WESTERN SQUADRONS
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER V
EXPEDITION AGAINST IRELAND
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER VI
THE MUTINY
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VII
BLOCKADE OF FERROL.—PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY
CHAPTER VIII
SIR EDWARD'S COMMAND IN INDIA
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER IX
NORTH SEA AND FIRST MEDITERRANEAN COMMAND
CHAPTER X
SECOND MEDITERRANEAN COMMAND
CHAPTER XI
THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XII
LORD EXMOUTH'S RETIREMENT AND DEATH
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Edward Osler
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"Sir—You have been spoken of to me by Sir Charles Douglas and Captain Philemon Pownoll, for your good conduct in the various services upon Lake Champlain, in so handsome a manner, that I shall receive pleasure in promoting you to the rank of a lieutenant, whenever you come to England; but it is impossible to send you a commission where you now are, it being out of the jurisdiction of the Admiralty.
Sir Guy Carleton remained at Crown Point as long as the season would permit. He employed Mr. Pellew on the narrow inlet, which extends from Crown Point to Ticonderoga, along which his proposed operations were to be conducted; and Mr. Pellew attended to his charge with unceasing vigilance and activity. On one occasion, the American Commander-in Chief, Arnold, most narrowly escaped becoming his prisoner. Having ventured upon the Lake in a boat, he was observed, and chased so closely by Mr. Pellew, that when he reached the shore and ran off, he left his stock and buckle in the boat behind him. This was preserved as long as he lived by Mr. Pellew's elder brother, to whom Arnold's son, not many years ago, confirmed the particulars of his father's escape. The General, seeing that his men were panic-struck when they found themselves chased, encouraged them to exertion by the assurance that the pursuers were not enemies, but only a boat endeavouring to outrow them. Pulling off his stock, and seizing an oar, he promised them a bottle of rum each, if they gained the shore first. Well had it been for Arnold; happy for the gallant young officer, who was the victim of his conduct; and perhaps, on so small a contingency may the fate of a campaign depend, happy for the British army, to whose misfortunes in the following year his skill and courage so materially contributed, had the fortune of the chase been different.
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