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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... enemy busy with preparations for retreat , and upon his appearance they abandoned their camp . Their forces on the two sides of the river being now separated by the enemy's shipping , the Americans retired first to Sorel , where the ...
... enemy busy with preparations for retreat , and upon his appearance they abandoned their camp . Their forces on the two sides of the river being now separated by the enemy's shipping , the Americans retired first to Sorel , where the ...
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... enemy's superiority the flotilla should get under way at once , and fight them " on a retreat in the main lake ; " the harbour being disadvantageous " to fight a number so much superior , and the enemy being able to surround us on every ...
... enemy's superiority the flotilla should get under way at once , and fight them " on a retreat in the main lake ; " the harbour being disadvantageous " to fight a number so much superior , and the enemy being able to surround us on every ...
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... enemy venture up the Lake it will be impossible for them to take advantage of our situation . If we succeed in our attack upon them , it will be impossible for any to escape . If we are worsted , our retreat is open and free . In case ...
... enemy venture up the Lake it will be impossible for them to take advantage of our situation . If we succeed in our attack upon them , it will be impossible for any to escape . If we are worsted , our retreat is open and free . In case ...
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... enemy , and conse- quently they must have surrendered this morning , or given us battle on our own terms . The Indians and light troops are abreast with the fleet ; they cannot , therefore , escape by land . " The British squadron ...
... enemy , and conse- quently they must have surrendered this morning , or given us battle on our own terms . The Indians and light troops are abreast with the fleet ; they cannot , therefore , escape by land . " The British squadron ...
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... enemy took a fresh breeze from northeast , and , by the time we had reached Split Rock , were alongside of us . ” The galleys of Arnold and Waterbury , the Congress and the Washington , had throughout kept in the rear , and now received ...
... enemy took a fresh breeze from northeast , and , by the time we had reached Split Rock , were alongside of us . ” The galleys of Arnold and Waterbury , the Congress and the Washington , had throughout kept in the rear , and now received ...
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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