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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... Windward Islands 147 De Guichen Accompanies them to Haïti with his Fleet . • 147 · He declines to Coöperate on the Continent with the Americans , and sails for Europe . 148 Rodney Arranges for the protection of the Homeward West India ...
... Windward Islands 147 De Guichen Accompanies them to Haïti with his Fleet . • 147 · He declines to Coöperate on the Continent with the Americans , and sails for Europe . 148 Rodney Arranges for the protection of the Homeward West India ...
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... windward ; but to make sail seems to have been impossible . Two artillery boats were sent to her assistance , " which towed her off through a very thick fire , until out of farther reach , much to the honour of Mr. John Curling and Mr ...
... windward ; but to make sail seems to have been impossible . Two artillery boats were sent to her assistance , " which towed her off through a very thick fire , until out of farther reach , much to the honour of Mr. John Curling and Mr ...
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... windward , with the cool judgment that had marked all his conduct , so that the enemy could not follow him- except in small boats with which he could deal . There he set his vessels on fire , and stood by them 1 Beatson , " Nav . and ...
... windward , with the cool judgment that had marked all his conduct , so that the enemy could not follow him- except in small boats with which he could deal . There he set his vessels on fire , and stood by them 1 Beatson , " Nav . and ...
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... windward , as if to gain a proper position for crossing the bar by the time the tide should serve . The wind could not be more favourable for such a design ; it blew from the exact point from which he could attack us to the greatest ...
... windward , as if to gain a proper position for crossing the bar by the time the tide should serve . The wind could not be more favourable for such a design ; it blew from the exact point from which he could attack us to the greatest ...
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... 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 be two or three miles from the British rear ...
... 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 be two or three miles from the British rear ...
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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