The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American IndependenceThe 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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... which, as the fleets were then heading, would be on the 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.
... which, as the fleets were then heading, would be on the 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.
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At daylight, the division commanded by Sir Hugh Palliser — the right wing, as
then heading — had dropped astern (R); and at 5.30 A.M. the signal was made to
seven of its fastest sailers to chase to windward, to get farther to windward by ...
At daylight, the division commanded by Sir Hugh Palliser — the right wing, as
then heading — had dropped astern (R); and at 5.30 A.M. the signal was made to
seven of its fastest sailers to chase to windward, to get farther to windward by ...
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This put the British in column,” still to leeward, but nearly astern of the enemy and
following (CC). At this moment a thick rain-squall came up, concealing the fleets
one from another for three quarters of an hour. With the squall the wind shifted ...
This put the British in column,” still to leeward, but nearly astern of the enemy and
following (CC). At this moment a thick rain-squall came up, concealing the fleets
one from another for three quarters of an hour. With the squall the wind shifted ...
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... 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 in the same relative position.
Astern ...
... 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 in the same relative position.
Astern ...
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... seen on board the Ocean, next astern of and “not far from” the Formidable; for
the second, the Admiral should have been informed of a disability by which a
single ship was neutralizing a division. The frigate that brought Keppel's
message ...
... seen on board the Ocean, next astern of and “not far from” the Formidable; for
the second, the Admiral should have been informed of a disability by which a
single ship was neutralizing a division. The frigate that brought Keppel's
message ...
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abreast action Admiralty ahead American anchored army Arnold arrived astern attack Barbados batteries Brest British fleet broadsides Burgoyne Byron campaign Cap François Captain Carleton centre Channel Channel fleet chase Chesapeake Clinton close coast command Commander-in-Chief convoy Cornwallis cruise d'Estaing d'Orvilliers division east enemy enemy's engaged fight fire flagship force form line French admiral French fleet French ships frigates galleys garrison Gibraltar gondolas Grasse Guichen guns hauled Hood Hood's Howe's Hyde Parker July Keppel killed Lake Champlain land latter leeward line of battle Lord manoeuvre Martinique miles movement Narragansett Bay naval Navy Palliser's passed port tack position put to sea rear Rear-Admiral retreat Rhode Island Rodney Rodney's sail Sandy Hook Santa Lucia shore signal Sir Peter Parker squadron starboard tack station steering Suffren superior thousand tion Trincomalee troops vessels Vice-Admiral weather West Indies wind windward wounded wrote York
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52 페이지 - General Howe's in a manner abandoning General Burgoyne, is so unaccountable a matter, that, till I am fully assured it is so, I cannot help casting my eyes continually behind me.
1 페이지 - Prussia was unknown ; and, in order that he might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coromandel, and red men scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America...
1 페이지 - On the head of Frederic is all the blood which was shed in a war which raged during many years and in every quarter of the globe, the blood of the column of Fontenoy, the blood of the mountaineers who were slaughtered at Culloden.
222 페이지 - I, my dear friend, have had the honour of commanding his Majesty's noble fleet on the 12th, I may, without the imputation of much vanity, say the flag of England should now have graced the sterns of upwards of twenty sail of the enemy's ships of the line.
134 페이지 - Sandwich for an hour and a half, bore away. " The superiority of the fire from the Sandwich, and the gallant behaviour of her officers and men, enabled her to sustain so unequal a combat, though, before attacked by them, she had beat three ships out of their line of battle, had entirely broke it, and was to leeward of the wake of the French admiral.
159 페이지 - The whole Face of the Country appears an entire ruin, and the most Beautiful Island in the World has the appearance of a Country laid waste by Fire, and Sword, and appears to the Imagination more Dreadful than it is possible for me to find Words to express.
11 페이지 - We now," he says in his despatch to Mr. Stephens, * thought it an enterprise worthy of an English ship of the line in our King and Country's sacred cause, and an effort due to the gallant defence of {Quebec, to make the attempt of pressing her by force of sail through the thick, broad, and closely connected fields of ice (as formidable as the Gulf of St. Lawrence ever exhibited), to which we saw no bounds.
136 페이지 - ... that glorious opportunity (perhaps never to be recovered) of terminating the naval contest in these seas. 'I cannot conclude without taking notice of my having, in justice to the...
7 페이지 - That the Americans were strong enough to impose the capitulation of Saratoga was due to the invaluable year of delay, secured to them in 1776 by their little navy on Lake Champlain, created by the indomitable energy, and handled with the indomitable courage of the traitor, Benedict Arnold.
223 페이지 - ... best-sailing ships or frigates to have shown lights at times, and by changing their course, have induced the British fleet to have followed them, while the main of their fleet, by hiding their lights, might have hauled their wind, and have been far to windward before daylight, and intercepted the captured ships, and the most crippled ships of the English...
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| 제목 | The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence |
| 저자 | Alfred Thayer Mahan |
| 에디션 | 일러스트 |
| 발행인 | Little, Brown,, 1913 |
| 소장 | 캘리포니아 대학교 |
| 디지털화된 날짜: | 2007년 10월 11일 |
| 길이 | 280페이지 |
| 서지정보 내보내기 | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |