In the interval of this action we came safe to the camp with our booty, which was very considerable, and would have supplied our whole army for a month.
There were two regiments of French dragoons who did excellent service in this action, and maintained their ground till they were almost all killed.
The Names of the English Officers which I knew to be killed in this Action.
The Account of this Action I had from the Commander of the Enemy's Party himself, some Time after, while I was a Prisoner.
Among the Slain on our Side in this Action, was an Ensign of Sir John Fenwick's Regiment; and as an Approbation of my Services his Commission was bestowed upon me.
In this Action we lost Captain Topham, and three Dragoons.
The respiration becomes slower owing to a paralytic action on the respiratory centre and, in warm-blooded animals, death is due to this action, the respiration being arrested before the action of the heart.
So that, in summing up the merits of this action, it is fair to say that both sides showed skilful seamanship and unskilful gunnery; that the British fought bravely and that the Americans did not.
His personal prowess had already been shown at the cost of the rovers of Tripoli, and in this action he helped fight the guns as ably as the best sailor.
As the further details, and Spanish account of this action, will be found in the Appendix, we shall proceed by giving the copies of the following letters.
We cannot but remark that, in the various accounts of this action, justice has been but barely done to the commander of the Orion, who is only mentioned as one of the six captains who prevented the junction of the enemy's separated squadron.
We here give a diagram of this action at the time it began.
In consequence of the bravery and skill he displayed in this action, Lieut.
Another most important consideration in relation to this action of bodies, and which, as far as I am aware, has not hitherto been noticed, is the condition of elasticity under which the gases are placed against the acting surface.
It became a very important point, in reference to the cause of this action of the platina, to determine whether the positive pole only could confer it (567.
In this action he received a ball in his left arm: he had already been wounded on the 14th and 16th.
I can yet see Harrel shuddering while thinking of this action of the Prince's.
Two thousand men were killed in this action, and both Talbot and Scales taken prisoners.
The ultimate effect of this action, assumed to be intentional in all and each of these subjects, will be their personification, either vaguely or definitely, but always as a power active for good or ill.
Since in sleep the relative condition is flaccid and torpid, this action no longer takes place.
This action is called "after generation" and the gas holder in any type of generator must provide sufficient capacity to accommodate this excess gas.
This action continues as long as the spring tension remains at this point and as long as any gas is taken from the regulator.
There is a very slight injector action as the fast moving stream of oxygen tends to draw the acetylene from the side openings into the chamber, but the operation of the torch does not depend on this action to any extent.
The official letter of general Wayne giving an account of this action, places the loss of the whites at twenty-two killed and thirty wounded.
McDonald, in speaking of this action, says: "The celebrated Tecumseh commanded the Indians.
Doddridge, in his Notes on the Indian wars, places the number of whites killed in this action at seventy-five, and the wounded at one hundred and forty.
This action seems to have allayed the worst apprehensions; and although over 4,000 recaptured Africans were landed within the space of two months, no harm seems to have resulted.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "this action" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
