Chris Knight
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Yes but Gravina was Sicilian..
Tim":9q16ohbj said:Anyway, I like the Spanish.
Alf":9q16ohbj said:*Tragically I've probably still got it somewhere...
Oh dear. I really ought to stop doing that. Sorry. But I dunno; sounds a bit unlikely to me. The only reference I can find off-hand to Nelson saying anything about cannon is from "Naval Cannon" by John Munday wherein he's quoted as saying in response to a new idea for sighting and laying the guns:Gill":3o3dq757 said:According to Barnes Wallace (in the film The Dambusters!) Nelson had a technique of skimming his cannon fire off the sea surface to hit the enemy at or below the waterline. I'm sure Alf'll correct me if I'm misinformed!
Which sort of makes it sound unlikely... :-kAs to the plan for pointing a gun truer than we do at present (1801), if the person comes I shall of course look at it, or be happy, if necessary, to use it, but I hope we shall be able to get so close to our enemies that our shot cannot miss the object.
Erm... more like fast bowlers maybe?Gill":3o3dq757 said:So shouldn't we be likening the encounter to a cricket match, with England's spin bowlers asserting themselves?
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