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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... Howe's army now numbered over thirty - four thousand men , to which Clinton brought three thousand more from before Charleston.1 On the 22d of August the British crossed from Staten Island to Gravesend Bay , on the Long Island shore of ...
... Howe's army now numbered over thirty - four thousand men , to which Clinton brought three thousand more from before Charleston.1 On the 22d of August the British crossed from Staten Island to Gravesend Bay , on the Long Island shore of ...
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... Howe determined to possess the city . As a diversion from the main effort , and to cover the crossing of the troops , two detachments of ships were ordered to pass the batteries on the ... Howe's army 44 MAJOR OPERATIONS OF THE NAVIES IN THE.
... Howe determined to possess the city . As a diversion from the main effort , and to cover the crossing of the troops , two detachments of ships were ordered to pass the batteries on the ... Howe's army 44 MAJOR OPERATIONS OF THE NAVIES IN THE.
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... Howe's inertness , and fond- ness for a good meal , to which a shrewd American woman invited him at the critical moment . Despite these various losses of position , important as they were , the American army continued to elude the ...
... Howe's inertness , and fond- ness for a good meal , to which a shrewd American woman invited him at the critical moment . Despite these various losses of position , important as they were , the American army continued to elude the ...
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... Howe's immediate command . The entire expedition numbered about 280 sail . Elaborate pains were taken to deceive Washington as to the destination of the armament ; but little craft was needed to prevent a competent opponent from ...
... Howe's immediate command . The entire expedition numbered about 280 sail . Elaborate pains were taken to deceive Washington as to the destination of the armament ; but little craft was needed to prevent a competent opponent from ...
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... Howe's triumph was marred by the news of Burgoyne's surrender on the 17th of October . For this he could not but ... Howe could have taken with him . Starting on the 3d of October with three thousand troops , accompanied by a small naval ...
... Howe's triumph was marred by the news of Burgoyne's surrender on the 17th of October . For this he could not but ... Howe could have taken with him . Starting on the 3d of October with three thousand troops , accompanied by a small naval ...
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abreast action ahead American anchored April army Arnold arrived astern attack Barbados batteries Brest broadsides Burgoyne Byron campaign Cap François Captain Carleton centre channel chase Chesapeake Clinton close coast command Commander-in-Chief convoy Cornwallis Crown Point d'Estaing d'Orvilliers Delaware division east enemy enemy's engaged fight fire flagship flotilla force Fort Mifflin French French admiral French fleet French ships frigates galleys garrison Gibraltar gondolas Grasse Guadeloupe Guichen guns hauled Hood Hood's Howe's Hudson Hyde Parker July Keppel killed Lake Champlain land latter leeward line of battle Lord Martinique miles movement Narragansett Bay naval Navy Parker passed port tack position put to sea rear Rear-Admiral retreat Rhode Island River Rodney Rodney's sail Sandy Hook Santa Lucia shore side signal Sir Peter Parker southward squadron starboard tack station steering Suffren thousand tion Trincomalee troops vessels weather West Indies wind windward wounded wrote York