The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American IndependenceLittle, Brown,, 1913 - 280페이지 The author states in his introduction that his aim in issuing this volume is "to bring home to American readers the vast extent of the struggle to which our own declaration of independence was but the prelude...." |
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... Parker , whose broad pennant was hoisted on board the Bristol , 50. After a boisterous passage , the expedition ... Parker's coming , it was decided to make an attempt upon Charleston , South Carolina . The fleet therefore sailed from ...
... Parker , whose broad pennant was hoisted on board the Bristol , 50. After a boisterous passage , the expedition ... Parker's coming , it was decided to make an attempt upon Charleston , South Carolina . The fleet therefore sailed from ...
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... Parker may have shared this impression , and it may account for his leisureliness . When the action began , the garrison had but twenty - eight rounds for each of twenty- six cannon , but this deficiency was unknown to the British .
... Parker may have shared this impression , and it may account for his leisureliness . When the action began , the garrison had but twenty - eight rounds for each of twenty- six cannon , but this deficiency was unknown to the British .
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... Parker's estimate of the worth of the defences , no trace of vain - confidence appears in his dispositions , which were thorough and careful , as the execution of the main attack was skilful and vigorous ; but the ships ' companies ...
... Parker's estimate of the worth of the defences , no trace of vain - confidence appears in his dispositions , which were thorough and careful , as the execution of the main attack was skilful and vigorous ; but the ships ' companies ...
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... Parker only reported himself as slightly bruised ; but deserters stated that for some days he needed the assistance of two men to walk , and that his trousers had been torn off him by shot or splinters . The loss in the other ships was ...
... Parker only reported himself as slightly bruised ; but deserters stated that for some days he needed the assistance of two men to walk , and that his trousers had been torn off him by shot or splinters . The loss in the other ships was ...
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... Parker's dispositions nothing open to serious criticism , nothing that can be ascribed to undervaluing his opponent , and although , also , he had good reason to expect from the army active coöperation which he did not get , it is ...
... Parker's dispositions nothing open to serious criticism , nothing that can be ascribed to undervaluing his opponent , and although , also , he had good reason to expect from the army active coöperation which he did not get , it is ...
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abreast action ahead American anchored April army Arnold arrived astern attack Barbados batteries Brest broadsides Burgoyne Byron campaign Cap François Captain Carleton centre channel chase Chesapeake Clinton close coast command Commander-in-Chief convoy Cornwallis Crown Point d'Estaing d'Orvilliers Delaware division east enemy enemy's engaged fight fire flagship flotilla force Fort Mifflin French French admiral French fleet French ships frigates galleys garrison Gibraltar gondolas Grasse Guadeloupe Guichen guns hauled Hood Hood's Howe's Hudson Hyde Parker July Keppel killed Lake Champlain land latter leeward line of battle Lord Martinique miles movement Narragansett Bay naval Navy Parker passed port tack position put to sea rear Rear-Admiral retreat Rhode Island River Rodney Rodney's sail Sandy Hook Santa Lucia shore side signal Sir Peter Parker southward squadron starboard tack station steering Suffren thousand tion Trincomalee troops vessels weather West Indies wind windward wounded wrote York