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Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, narrative 891 (search)
wee mette withall in our Narrow sea was The yle of Alderney . And having now but sixe men of all our company left alive, the Master and his two mates and chiefe Mariners being dead, wee ran in with Monville de Hage eight miles to the west of Cherbourg in Normandie . Where the next day after our comming to an ancker, having but one in all left, being the last of August 1590. by the foule weather that rose the ancker came home, and our ship drave on the rocks: And the Normans which were commanded by the governor of Cherbourg (who came downe to us that night) to have layd out another ancker for her, neglecting his commandement, suffered her miserably to be splitted, with desire to enrich themselves by her wracke. Within few dayes after this last mischance foure of us being Englishmen departed from Cherbourgh, and passed home for England in a barke of Weymouth , leaving the two strangers there behinde us. The names of us sixe that returned of all our company were these.
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, A briefe relation of a voyage of The Delight a ship of Bristoll one of the consorts of M. John Chidley esquire and M. Paul Wheele, made unto the Straight of Magellan: with divers accidents that happened unto the company, during their 6. weekes abode there: Begun in the yeere 1589. Written by W. Magoths. (search)
wee mette withall in our Narrow sea was The yle of Alderney . And having now but sixe men of all our company left alive, the Master and his two mates and chiefe Mariners being dead, wee ran in with Monville de Hage eight miles to the west of Cherbourg in Normandie . Where the next day after our comming to an ancker, having but one in all left, being the last of August 1590. by the foule weather that rose the ancker came home, and our ship drave on the rocks: And the Normans which were commanded by the governor of Cherbourg (who came downe to us that night) to have layd out another ancker for her, neglecting his commandement, suffered her miserably to be splitted, with desire to enrich themselves by her wracke. Within few dayes after this last mischance foure of us being Englishmen departed from Cherbourgh, and passed home for England in a barke of Weymouth , leaving the two strangers there behinde us. The names of us sixe that returned of all our company were these.
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, XL. July, 1864 (search)
0) confined there and to arm them. If this be confirmed, the prisoners will probably march upon Washington City, and co-operate with Gen. Early, who has taken Martinsburg (with a large supply of stores), and at last accounts had driven Sigel back to Washington, and on the 6th inst. was (by Northern accounts) at Hagerstown, Md. Much excitement prevails there. Lincoln has called for the militia of the surrounding States, etc. We have British accounts of the sinking of the Alabama, near Cherbourg, by the United States steamer Kearsarge, but Semmes was not taken, and his treasure, etc. had been deposited in France. July 10 The drought continues; vegetation wilting and drying up. There is no war news, save some shelling by the enemy at Petersburg. The raiders have caused many who were hiding and hoarding their meat and grain to bring them to market, for fear of losing them. This has mitigated the famine, and even produced a slight reduction of prices. But the gardens a
John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History, Chapter 36. (search)
es of the Confederacy in the neighborhood of Mobile-a dozen vessels and some hundreds of officers. The rebel navy had practically ceased to exist some months before. The splendid fight in Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864, between Farragut's fleet and the rebel ram Tennessee, with her three attendant gunboats, and Cushing's daring destruction of the powerful Albemarle in Albemarle Sound on October 27, marked its end in Confederate waters. The duel between the Kearsarge and the Alabama off Cherbourg had already taken place; a few more encounters, at or near foreign ports, furnished occasion for personal bravery and subsequent lively diplomatic correspondence; and rebel vessels, fitted out under the unduly lenient neutrality of France and England, continued for a time to work havoc with American shipping in various parts of the world. But these two Union successes, and the final capture of Fort Fisher and of Wilmington early in 1865, which closed the last haven for daring blockaderunn
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 12.91 (search)
r that we captured and commissioned. Upon our arrival at Cherbourg, Sinclair came at once to join his old ship, having heardurope, and on the 11th of June, 1864, entered the port of Cherbourg, and applied for permission to go into dock. There beinghe engagement. With a large number of the inhabitants of Cherbourg they collected on every prominent point on the shore thatphold it! Go to your quarters. Chart of the action off Cherbourg. In about forty-five minutes we were somewhat over a into us five shot. In Captain Winslow's letter (dated Cherbourg, June 21st, 1864) to the Secretary of the Navy, he says: was made on the former for the purpose of again reaching Cherbourg. When the object was apparent the Kearsarge was steered who were saved by the French pilot-boats, were taken into Cherbourg. Our loss was 9 killed, 21 wounded. and 10 drowned. IMr. Lancaster and Captain Semmes, previous to our leaving Cherbourg, that in the event of the Alabama being sunk the Deerhoun
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 12.92 (search)
the Alabama had arrived the day previous at Cherbourg; hence the urgency of departure, the probabid the day after (Tuesday) her appearance off Cherbourg, where we saw the Confederate flag flying wirg, June 14th, 1864. To A. Bonfils, Esq., Cherbourg. Sir: I hear that you were informed by the ain Semmes through Mr. Liais that he came to Cherbourg to fight, and had no intention of leaving. and offer congratulations. At a supper in Cherbourg on Saturday night, several officers of the Aarking the line of shoals to the eastward of Cherbourg, at a distance of about three miles from thethe deck reported a steamer approaching from Cherbourg,--a frequent occurrence, and consequently itt Armstrong and some men, who were landed at Cherbourg. Lieutenant Wilson was the only officer who 15,000 spectators, who, upon the heights of Cherbourg, the breakwater, and rigging of men-of-war, ing cruiser a few days before her arrival at Cherbourg, where they were landed in a nearly destitut[2 more...]
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 16: career of the Anglo-Confederate pirates.--closing of the Port of Mobile — political affairs. (search)
in a French Port, 435. battle of the Kearsarge and Alabama, off Cherbourg. 436. destruction of the Alabama, 437. cruise of the Shenandoaly in the summer of 1864, and took refuge in the French harbor of Cherbourg. At that time the United States steamer Kearsarge, this name was lying in the Dutch port of Flushing. The American consul at Cherbourg immediately informed Winslow, by telegraph, of the presence of thrge, to look after the pirate ship. the Kearsarge appeared off Cherbourg on the 14th of June, 1864. and on the following day, Semmes, havtaken from the vessels he had captured. The Confederate agent at Cherbourg, M. Bonfils, took charge of this property, which was valued at ab, Winslow steamed to sea about seven miles from the breakwater at Cherbourg, followed by Semmes at a distance of about a mile. The Alabama wof her, the latter opened fire. The Kearsarge Naval battle off Cherbourg. received two or three broadsides without returning a shot, when
Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.), Sketch of the principal maritime expeditions. (search)
e all driven into these a or taken: a memorable example of the defensive to imitate in like cases. The considerable expedition directed in 1802 against St. Domingo, was remarkable as a descent; it failed afterwards by the ravages of the yellow fever. After their successes against Louis XIV, the English attached themselves rather to destroying rival fleets and to conquering colonies, than to making great descents. Those which they attempted in the eighteenth century against Brest and Cherbourg, with corps of ten and twelve thousand men, could do nothing in the heart of a State as powerful as France. The astonishing conquests which gained them the empire of Hindostan, were successive. Possessors of Calcutta, and afterwards of Bengal, they were reinforced there by degrees by partial detachments, and by the Sepoys whom they disciplined to the number of a hundred and fifty thousand. The Anglo-Russian expedition against Holland, in 1799, was executed by forty thousand men, but b
H. Wager Halleck , A. M. , Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. Army ., Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactis of Battles &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia., Chapter 3: Fortifications.Their importance in the defence of States proved by numerous historical examples (search)
, Belle Isle, Fort du Pilier, Mindin, Ville Martin; Quiberon, with Fort Penthievre; L'Orient, with its harbor defences; Fort Cigogne; Brest, with its harbor defences; St. Malo, with Forts Cezembre, La Canchee, L'Anse du Verger, and Des Rimains; Cherbourg, with its defensive forts and batteries; Havre, Dieppe, Boulogne, Calais, and Dunkirk. Cherbourg, Brest, and Rochefort, are great naval depots; and Havre, Nantes, and Bordeaux, the principal commercial ports. Many of the works above enumerateCherbourg, Brest, and Rochefort, are great naval depots; and Havre, Nantes, and Bordeaux, the principal commercial ports. Many of the works above enumerated are small in extent and antiquated in their construction, and some of them quite old and dilapidated, nevertheless, they have heretofore been found sufficient for the defence of the naval depots and commercial seaports of France against the superior naval forces of her neighbor. Omitting for the present all discussion of seacoast defences, let us examine more particularly the character and influence of fortifications on land frontiers. All military writers agree that fortifications have
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., chapter 48 (search)
gham and Tycoon. the Alabama anchors in harbor of Cherbourg. arrival of the Kearsarge. a challenge. preparaune, 1804, the Alabama anchored in the port of Cherbourg, France; and three days afterwards the U. S. steamer Kthey would have scattered to parts unknown; but as Cherbourg was exclusively a naval port, the French Admiral werchant vessels, directed the Confederate agent in Cherbourg to request Captain Winslow to wait for him and he prisoners that a number of men joined the ship at Cherbourg, in addition to the regular complement of the Alabrevity: United States Steamer Kearsarge, Cherbourg, France, June 19 P. M., 1864. Sir — I have the honording to this notice, the Alabama left the port of Cherbourg this morning at about 9:30 o'clock. At 10:20 A. M.. Winslow, Commanding U. S. Steamer Kearsarge, Cherbourg, France. There was no occurrence during the war moursued the only course proper for him: he went off Cherbourg and waited as near as possible to the entrance of
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