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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... signals were exchanged between it and the Surprise , the advance ship of a squadron under Captain Charles Douglas , which had sailed from 1 Afterwards Captain of the Fleet ( Chief of Staff ) to Rodney in his great campaign of 1782. Post ...
... signals were exchanged between it and the Surprise , the advance ship of a squadron under Captain Charles Douglas , which had sailed from 1 Afterwards Captain of the Fleet ( Chief of Staff ) to Rodney in his great campaign of 1782. Post ...
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... signal ) when the rebels were first discovered , and baffling winds , could not get into close action . " For the same reason the Inflexible could not support the Carleton . The Americans , in the aggregate distinctly inferior , were ...
... signal ) when the rebels were first discovered , and baffling winds , could not get into close action . " For the same reason the Inflexible could not support the Carleton . The Americans , in the aggregate distinctly inferior , were ...
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... signal to weigh had been made . It did not become fair at the hour of high water , when alone heavy ships could cross the bar , until the morning of the 6th . " Rhode Island was of such importance , " says the narrator already quoted ...
... signal to weigh had been made . It did not become fair at the hour of high water , when alone heavy ships could cross the bar , until the morning of the 6th . " Rhode Island was of such importance , " says the narrator already quoted ...
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... signal was made to seven of its fastest sailers to chase to windward , to get farther to wind- ward by pressing sail , the object being so to place them 1 See note on preceding page . 2 A vessel is said to be on the port tack when she ...
... signal was made to seven of its fastest sailers to chase to windward , to get farther to wind- ward by pressing sail , the object being so to place them 1 See note on preceding page . 2 A vessel is said to be on the port tack when she ...
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... signal , they had to steer off the wind ( bc ) , parallel to their former line , on which those following them still were , until they reached the point to which the rear ship meantime had advanced ( c ) , when they could again haul to ...
... signal , they had to steer off the wind ( bc ) , parallel to their former line , on which those following them still were , until they reached the point to which the rear ship meantime had advanced ( c ) , when they could again haul to ...
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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