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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... starboard side of the British , abreast and to windward , at 4 P.M. the French bore south - south - east , which would be somewhat on the port quarter , or nearly astern but to leeward . At this time their van was estimated by Howe to ...
... starboard side of the British , abreast and to windward , at 4 P.M. the French bore south - south - east , which would be somewhat on the port quarter , or nearly astern but to leeward . At this time their van was estimated by Howe to ...
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... starboard tack , when the wind is on the right side . Thus with an east wind , if she head north , she is on the starboard tack ; if south , on the port . See also note ; post , p . 200 . relatively to the main body , as to support the ...
... starboard tack , when the wind is on the right side . Thus with an east wind , if she head north , she is on the starboard tack ; if south , on the port . See also note ; post , p . 200 . relatively to the main body , as to support the ...
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... starboard tack , the van of the pursuing enemy , whose resolve to force battle could not be misunderstood , would overtake his rear ships , engaging as many of them as he might choose . By resuming the port tack , the heads of the ...
... starboard tack , the van of the pursuing enemy , whose resolve to force battle could not be misunderstood , would overtake his rear ships , engaging as many of them as he might choose . By resuming the port tack , the heads of the ...
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... starboard tack , passed the Victory to leeward , apparently the last of the fleet out of action . A half - hour after this the Victory had been joined by three of the centre , which were following her in close order , the van remaining ...
... starboard tack , passed the Victory to leeward , apparently the last of the fleet out of action . A half - hour after this the Victory had been joined by three of the centre , which were following her in close order , the van remaining ...
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... starboard tack ( Fig . 2 , F ) . This signal was not seen by the leading ship , which should have begun the movement . The junior French admiral , in the fourth ship from the van , at length went about , and spoke the flagship , to know ...
... starboard tack ( Fig . 2 , F ) . This signal was not seen by the leading ship , which should have begun the movement . The junior French admiral , in the fourth ship from the van , at length went about , and spoke the flagship , to know ...
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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