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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... weather , while theirs cannot keep the Lake . " It is apparent from this , written three weeks before the battle , that he then was not expecting a force materially different from his own . Later , he de- scribes his position as being ...
... weather , while theirs cannot keep the Lake . " It is apparent from this , written three weeks before the battle , that he then was not expecting a force materially different from his own . Later , he de- scribes his position as being ...
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... weather . The Admiral there quitted the convoy and hastened up river . On the 6th of October he was off Chester , ten miles below Phila- delphia . The navy had already been at work for a week , clearing away obstructions , of which ...
... weather . The Admiral there quitted the convoy and hastened up river . On the 6th of October he was off Chester , ten miles below Phila- delphia . The navy had already been at work for a week , clearing away obstructions , of which ...
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... weather having been favourable the last three days for forcing entrance to this port , I conclude the French commander has desisted . " It is clear that the experienced British admiral did not recognise the impossibility of success for ...
... weather having been favourable the last three days for forcing entrance to this port , I conclude the French commander has desisted . " It is clear that the experienced British admiral did not recognise the impossibility of success for ...
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... weather - gage , the offensive position of that day , which by keeping south he expected to gain , when the usual wind from that quarter For the respective force of the two fleets see pp . 66 , 67 , 71 . should set in . The French ...
... weather - gage , the offensive position of that day , which by keeping south he expected to gain , when the usual wind from that quarter For the respective force of the two fleets see pp . 66 , 67 , 71 . should set in . The French ...
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... weather - gage , and unwilling , probably , to be drawn too far from Rhode Island , he now made a wide circle with the fleet by a succession of changes of course at 8 A.M. to south , then to south - west and west , until finally , at ...
... weather - gage , and unwilling , probably , to be drawn too far from Rhode Island , he now made a wide circle with the fleet by a succession of changes of course at 8 A.M. to south , then to south - west and west , until finally , at ...
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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