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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... latter certainly carried sails , and may have been capable of beating to wind- ward . Arnold preferred them , and stopped the building of gondolas . " The galleys , " he wrote , " are quick moving , which will give us a great advantage ...
... latter certainly carried sails , and may have been capable of beating to wind- ward . Arnold preferred them , and stopped the building of gondolas . " The galleys , " he wrote , " are quick moving , which will give us a great advantage ...
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... latter , however , erected batteries on each side of the anchorage , compelling Arnold to fall back to the broader lake . He then had soundings taken about Valcour Island , and between it and the western shore ; that being the position ...
... latter , however , erected batteries on each side of the anchorage , compelling Arnold to fall back to the broader lake . He then had soundings taken about Valcour Island , and between it and the western shore ; that being the position ...
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... latter forced him again to abandon her , and it seemed so likely that she might be re- taken that she was set on fire by Lieutenant Starke of the Maria , when already " two rebel boats were very near her . She soon after blew up . " The ...
... latter forced him again to abandon her , and it seemed so likely that she might be re- taken that she was set on fire by Lieutenant Starke of the Maria , when already " two rebel boats were very near her . She soon after blew up . " The ...
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... latter started to pursue in such a hurry that he forgot to leave orders for the troops which had been landed ; but , failing to discover the fugitives , he returned and remained at Valcour till night- fall , when scouts brought word ...
... latter started to pursue in such a hurry that he forgot to leave orders for the troops which had been landed ; but , failing to discover the fugitives , he returned and remained at Valcour till night- fall , when scouts brought word ...
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... latter force would have been better employed in New York and New Jersey than about Champlain . However that may be , the diver- sion to the Carolinas of a third body , respectable in point of numbers , is scarcely to be defended on ...
... latter force would have been better employed in New York and New Jersey than about Champlain . However that may be , the diver- sion to the Carolinas of a third body , respectable in point of numbers , is scarcely to be defended on ...
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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