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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... astern but to leeward . At this time their van was estimated by Howe to be two or three miles from the British rear , and , according to his reading of their manoeuvres , d'Estaing was forming his line for the same tack as the British ...
... astern but to leeward . At this time their van was estimated by Howe to be two or three miles from the British rear , and , according to his reading of their manoeuvres , d'Estaing was forming his line for the same tack as the British ...
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... astern ( R ) ; and at 5.30 A.M. the 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 ...
... astern ( R ) ; and at 5.30 A.M. the 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 ...
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... astern of the enemy and following ( CC ) . At this moment a thick rain - squall came up , concealing the fleets one from another for three quarters of an hour . With the squall the wind shifted back to southwest , favouring the British ...
... astern of the enemy and following ( CC ) . At this moment a thick rain - squall came up , concealing the fleets one from another for three quarters of an hour . With the squall the wind shifted back to southwest , favouring the British ...
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... Astern of these two groups from van and centre were a number of other ships in various degrees of confusion , - some going about , some trying to come up , others completely disabled . Especially , there was in the south - south - east ...
... Astern of these two groups from van and centre were a number of other ships in various degrees of confusion , - some going about , some trying to come up , others completely disabled . Especially , there was in the south - south - east ...
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... astern of and " not far from " the Formidable ; for the second , the Admiral should have been informed of a disability by which a single ship was neutralizing a division . The frigate that brought Keppel's message could have carried ...
... astern of and " not far from " the Formidable ; for the second , the Admiral should have been informed of a disability by which a single ship was neutralizing a division . The frigate that brought Keppel's message could have carried ...
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abreast action Admiralty ahead American anchored April army Arnold arrived astern attack Barbados batteries Brest British fleet broadsides Burgoyne Byron campaign Cap François Captain centre Channel chase Chesapeake Clinton close coast command Commander-in-Chief convoy Cornwallis course cruise d'Estaing d'Orvilliers division east enemy enemy's engaged fight fire flagship force Fort Mifflin French admiral French fleet French ships frigates galleys garrison Gibraltar Grasse Guadeloupe Guichen guns hauled Hood Hood's Howe's Hyde Parker July Keppel killed Lake Champlain land latter leeward line of battle Lord Martinique miles movement Narragansett Bay naval Navy Palliser Palliser's Parker passed port tack position put to sea Rear-Admiral retreat Rhode Island River Rodney Rodney's sail Sandy Hook Santa Lucia shore signal Sir Peter Parker southward squadron starboard tack station steering Suffren thousand tion Trincomalee troops vessels Vice-Admiral weather West Indies wind windward wounded wrote York