headmost
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It was the admiral’s intention not to make the signal of battle but only of defiance, when he had got abreast of the enemy’s headmost ship.
From John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea by Kingston, William Henry Giles
The tents were scarcely pitched before we saw two kaiyacks coming towards us from the westward, and the man in the headmost accepted, without hesitation, our invitation to land.
From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John
Three hours later the headmost vessels were at the rude piers, and the people were swarming ashore.
From Roger Davis, Loyalist by Baird, Frank
She was, before morning of the 23rd, the headmost ship of the fleet; and, before six o'clock, was the first which actually began the action with one of the enemy's largest ships.
From Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I by Ross, John, Sir
“Don’t any of you fire till I tell you,” he said to his men, while he took aim so as to strike the ground a few yards in front of the headmost of the party.
From The Three Commanders by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell
