 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1886 - 650 pages
...and Commodore Ingraham, viz. : that "the British Consul and the commander of the British war-steamer 'Petrel' had previously gone five miles beyond the...and could see nothing of them with their glasses," was a "foolish statement." Again, "as we entered the harbor the Federal vessels closed in and resumed... | |
 | William Jewett Tenney - United States - 1865 - 886 pages
...for themselves that no blockade existed. The French and Spanish consuls, accompanied by Gen. Ripley, accepted the invitation. The British consul with the...the blockaders, and could see nothing of them with glasses. Late in the evening four blockaders reappeared, but keeping far out. This evening a larger... | |
 | William Jewett Tenney - United States - 1865 - 884 pages
...for themselves that no blockade existed. The French and Spanish consuls, accompanied by Gen. Bipley, accepted the invitation. The British consul with the...the blockaders, and could see nothing of them with glasses. Late in the evening four blockaders reappeared, but keeping far out. This evening a larger... | |
 | William Parker Snow - Confederate States of America - 1866 - 576 pages
...Spanish consuls, accompanied by Genera Ripley, accepted the invitation. The British Consul, with th commander of the British war steamer Petrel, had previously...the blockaders, and could see nothing of them with glasses. Later in the evening, however, four blockaders reappeared, and next day several more ; but... | |
 | William Parker Snow - Confederate States of America - 1867 - 598 pages
...Spanish consuls, accompanied by Genera Ripley, accepted the invitation. The British Consil, with th commander of the British war steamer Petrel, had previously...the blockaders, and could see nothing of them with glasses. Later in the evening, however, four blockaders reappeared, *nd next day several more; but... | |
 | Charles Brandon Boynton - United States - 1869 - 664 pages
...away ; and also the statement that the British consul and the commander of the British war-steamer Petrel had previously gone five miles beyond the usual...and could see nothing of them with their glasses. We deem it our duty to state that the so-called results arc false in every particular — no vessels... | |
 | United States - 1883 - 316 pages
...Consuls accepted the invitation. The British Consul, with the commander of the British war-steamer Petrel, had previously gone five miles beyond the...reappeared, keeping far out. This evening a large number of blockade™ are in sight, but keep steam up ready to run. The foreign consuls here held a meeting last... | |
 | Daniel Ammen - United States - 1883 - 310 pages
...away ; and also the statement that the British Consul and the commander of the British war-steamer Petrel had previously gone five miles beyond the usual...and could see nothing of them with their glasses. We deem it our duty to state that the so-called results euce false in every particular. No vessels... | |
 | John Thomas Scharf - United States - 1886 - 934 pages
...legally raised. ' Mr. Bunce strengthened this conclusion with his assertion that on the Petrel he had .gone five miles beyond the usual anchorage of the blockaders and could see nothing of them with marine glasses, in which positive declaration he was confirmed by the statement of the captain and... | |
 | United States. Naval War Records Office - United States - 1901 - 968 pages
...statement that the British consul and the commander of the British war steamer Petrel had previously gone 5 miles beyond the usual anchorage of the blockaders,...and could see nothing of them with their glasses. We deem it our duty to state that the so-called results are false in every particular. No vessels were... | |
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The British consul, with the commander of the British war steamer Petrel, had previously gone five miles beyond the usual anchorage of the blockaders, and could see nothing of them with their glasses. 
