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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... passed that the attack had to be made from the south , from leeward . When the British were first made out , Arnold's sec- ond in command , Waterbury , urged that in view of the enemy's superiority the flotilla should get under way at ...
... passed that the attack had to be made from the south , from leeward . When the British were first made out , Arnold's sec- ond in command , Waterbury , urged that in view of the enemy's superiority the flotilla should get under way at ...
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... passed , and the attack should be made from leeward , it probably would be partial and in disorder , as also happened . The correctness of Arnold's decision not to chance a retreat was shown in the retreat of two days later . Valcour is ...
... passed , and the attack should be made from leeward , it probably would be partial and in disorder , as also happened . The correctness of Arnold's decision not to chance a retreat was shown in the retreat of two days later . Valcour is ...
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... passing a concealed enemy , undetected , upon waters so per- fectly well known as those of Champlain were ; it having been the scene of frequent British operations in previous wars . Owing to this , " the Maria , because of her distant ...
... passing a concealed enemy , undetected , upon waters so per- fectly well known as those of Champlain were ; it having been the scene of frequent British operations in previous wars . Owing to this , " the Maria , because of her distant ...
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... passed the fort and anchored above it . " The general opinion before the action , " Moultrie says , " and especially among sailors , was that two frigates would be sufficient to knock the town about our ears , notwithstanding our batter ...
... passed the fort and anchored above it . " The general opinion before the action , " Moultrie says , " and especially among sailors , was that two frigates would be sufficient to knock the town about our ears , notwithstanding our batter ...
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... passed along the platform , “ Mind the Commodore ; mind the two 50 - gun ships , " an order which was strictly obeyed , as the losses show . The protec- tion of the work proved to be almost perfect , a fact which doubtless contributed ...
... passed along the platform , “ Mind the Commodore ; mind the two 50 - gun ships , " an order which was strictly obeyed , as the losses show . The protec- tion of the work proved to be almost perfect , a fact which doubtless contributed ...
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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