. Il fiume San Giovanni, le sue caratteristiche fisiche, leggende e storia, dal 1604 al 1784. non un molto promettente, come apprendiamo dal recinto nel suo giornale, sotto data Ottobre 21st, whichreads: Opere ha continuato. Avendo avuto insieme severalsloops e golette e li victuald, I ORDINE Cobb& Rogers per passare il scende a coprire le altre navi asthey potrebbe essere in grado di ottenere attraverso. Essi accordinglyget sotto modo. Cobb essendo il headmost passa theNarrows [ presso il sito di sospensione ponte ], ma è toolate per ottenere oltre le cascate e costretto ad entrare troppo in un po cove qui di seguito. L'Ulisse, Cap. Roge

• Collaboratore: The Reading Room / Alamy Foto Stock
• ID dell’immagine: 2AG35DG
• Dimensioni dei file: 7,2 MB (269,2 KB Download compresso)
• Liberatorie: Modello - no | Proprietà - no
• Dimensioni: 1008 x 2480 px | 8,5 x 21 cm | 3,4 x 8,3 inches | 300dpi

Altre informazioni

Questa foto è un'immagine di pubblico dominio, il che significa che il copyright è scaduto o che il titolare del copyright ha rinunciato a tale diritto. Alamy addebita un costo per l'accesso alla copia ad alta risoluzione dell'immagine.

Questa immagine potrebbe avere delle imperfezioni perché è storica o di reportage.

. The river St. John, its physical features, legends and history, from 1604 to 1784. not a very auspicious one, as we learn fromthe entry in his journal, under date October 21st, whichreads: Works continued. Having got together severalsloops and schooners and victuald them, I order Cobb& Rogers to pass the Falls to cover the other vessels asthey might be able to get through. They accordinglyget under way. Cobb being the headmost passes theNarrows [ at the site of the Suspension Bridge ], but is toolate to get over the Falls and obliged to come too in alittle cove below. The Ulysses, Capt. Rogers, in passingthe Narrows, strikes on a rock, and is driven by the tideinto a creek above Cobb, where the vessel sunk in a shorttime, and it was with great difficulty the Light Infantry, who were in her, and crew were saved. Upon hearingthis and that Cobb did not lay very safe I ordered himdown again and very luckily, for at Low Water he wouldhave struck on the Rocks. Most of the casks and many other articles of theill-fated sloop of war floated towards the shore and hncttise. Scale <j lex mitts. 228 THE RIVER recovered, but tlie military stores were lost. The cap-tain of tlie man-of-war Squirrel endeavored to raisethe Ulysses, but was obliged to abandon the attempt, and she proved a total wreck. Having at length got his smaller vessels safely abovethe Falls and his troops on board, with provisions for afortnight, Monckton embarked in Cobbs sloop York, leaving Capt. Bellen, of the 35th Regiment, in commandat the fort. The force that proceeded up the river num-bered about 1, 200 men. In order to get a better idea of the progress of theexpedition, the reader will do well to refer occasionallyto the accompanying plan, which is a reproduction ofthat made by Moncktons chief surveyor. On the morning of the 30th October the little fleet gotunder sail, but the wind being contrary little progresswas made; indeed the ordnance sloop only escapedthe fate of the Ulysses by casting anchor i

Parole chiave associate all'immagine

• bookcentury1900
• bookdecade1910
• bookidriverstjohni
• bookyear1910