headmost

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Position of the hostile fleets on the morning of the 23rd June 1795, when the headmost ships brought the rear of the enemy to action.

From Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I by Ross, John, Sir

Both were riding in straggling clumps, and scarcely two hundred paces separated the rearmost of the pursued from the headmost of the pursuers.

From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne

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

At seven o'clock the headmost ships were dismasted; a fire-raft was observed dropping down from them on the Orion.

From Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I by Ross, John, Sir

A shot from the headmost one could now have reached us, but she appeared to be waiting for the other to get up with her.

From The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela by Kingston, William Henry Giles