The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American IndependenceLibrary of Alexandria, 1969. 1. 1. - 280페이지 |
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... movement, theydonot appear to have playedany important part. Besides these, whentheexpedition started, there were twenty gunboats, each carrying one fieldpiece, from24's to 9pounders; or,insome cases, howitzers.5 "By all these means ...
... movement, theydonot appear to have playedany important part. Besides these, whentheexpedition started, there were twenty gunboats, each carrying one fieldpiece, from24's to 9pounders; or,insome cases, howitzers.5 "By all these means ...
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... movement beganat 7 P.M.,a galley leading,the gondolas and schooners following, and Arnold andhis secondbringing up the rearinthe two heaviest galleys. Thisdelicate operation was favoured by a heavy fog,which did notclear till ...
... movement beganat 7 P.M.,a galley leading,the gondolas and schooners following, and Arnold andhis secondbringing up the rearinthe two heaviest galleys. Thisdelicate operation was favoured by a heavy fog,which did notclear till ...
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... movements,—the skill of the two leaders, —the sameequal creditcannot beassigned. It wasa very serious blunder,onOctober 11th,to run to leeward, passing a concealed enemy, undetected, upon waters so perfectly well known as thoseof ...
... movements,—the skill of the two leaders, —the sameequal creditcannot beassigned. It wasa very serious blunder,onOctober 11th,to run to leeward, passing a concealed enemy, undetected, upon waters so perfectly well known as thoseof ...
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... movement northward iscommonly spoken ofasup.It isnecessary therefore to bear in mind that the flow of water from Lake George to the St. Lawrence, though northward, is down. Footnote 2:(return) Afterwards Captainofthe Fleet (Chief ...
... movement northward iscommonly spoken ofasup.It isnecessary therefore to bear in mind that the flow of water from Lake George to the St. Lawrence, though northward, is down. Footnote 2:(return) Afterwards Captainofthe Fleet (Chief ...
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... movement. The force destined forthe Southerncoasts assembled at Cork towards theend of1775, and sailedthence inJanuary, 1776. The troops were commanded byLord Cornwallis,the squadron by Nelson's early patron, Commodore SirPeter Parker ...
... movement. The force destined forthe Southerncoasts assembled at Cork towards theend of1775, and sailedthence inJanuary, 1776. The troops were commanded byLord Cornwallis,the squadron by Nelson's early patron, Commodore SirPeter Parker ...
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