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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... engaged . At nightfall the Inflexible dropped out of range , and the British squadron anchored in line of battle across the southern end of the passage between the island and the main ; some vessels were extended also to the eastward ...
... engaged . At nightfall the Inflexible dropped out of range , and the British squadron anchored in line of battle across the southern end of the passage between the island and the main ; some vessels were extended also to the eastward ...
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... the east bastion of the engaged front of the fort . The order to weigh was given at 10.30 A.M. , when the flood - tide had fairly made ; and at 11.15 the Active , Bristol , Experiment , WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE 33.
... the east bastion of the engaged front of the fort . The order to weigh was given at 10.30 A.M. , when the flood - tide had fairly made ; and at 11.15 the Active , Bristol , Experiment , WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE 33.
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... engaging . " It may be added that the hour was very late for beginning an action . At sundown the British were under close - reefed topsails , and the sea such that Howe was unable to return to the Eagle.1 The wind now increased to ...
... engaging . " It may be added that the hour was very late for beginning an action . At sundown the British were under close - reefed topsails , and the sea such that Howe was unable to return to the Eagle.1 The wind now increased to ...
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... engaging as many of them as he might choose . By resuming the port tack , the heads of the columns would meet , and the fleets pass in opposite direc- tions , on equal terms as regarded position ; because all the French would engage ...
... engaging as many of them as he might choose . By resuming the port tack , the heads of the columns would meet , and the fleets pass in opposite direc- tions , on equal terms as regarded position ; because all the French would engage ...
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... engaged with the two last ships in the French fleet , and , as I could not fire at them without firing through the Formidable , I was obliged to shoot on . " 1 Captain Bazely , of the Formidable , says of the same incident , " The ...
... engaged with the two last ships in the French fleet , and , as I could not fire at them without firing through the Formidable , I was obliged to shoot on . " 1 Captain Bazely , of the Formidable , says of the same incident , " The ...
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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