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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... east side ; pulling to 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 ...
... east side ; pulling to 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 ...
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... east breeze , but this shifted soon afterwards to north - west , and they had to anchor again , about a mile nearer to Sulli- van's Island . On the following day the wind served 32 MAJOR OPERATIONS OF THE NAVIES IN THE.
... east breeze , but this shifted soon afterwards to north - west , and they had to anchor again , about a mile nearer to Sulli- van's Island . On the following day the wind served 32 MAJOR OPERATIONS OF THE NAVIES IN THE.
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... east and west , pro- tecting the gunners from shots from the rear ; but there was no such cover against enfilading fire , in case an enemy's ship passed the fort and anchored above it . " The general opinion before the action ...
... east and west , pro- tecting the gunners from shots from the rear ; but there was no such cover against enfilading fire , in case an enemy's ship passed the fort and anchored above it . " The general opinion before the action ...
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... eastern shore of the Narrows , extends to the east - north - east a hundred and ten miles , enclosing between itself and the continent a broad sheet of water called Long Island Sound , that reaches nearly to Narragan- sett Bay . The ...
... eastern shore of the Narrows , extends to the east - north - east a hundred and ten miles , enclosing between itself and the continent a broad sheet of water called Long Island Sound , that reaches nearly to Narragan- sett Bay . The ...
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... East and North rivers , with their general directions from north and east - north - east , is embraced a long strip of land gradually narrowing to the southward . The end of this peninsula , as it would otherwise be , is converted into ...
... East and North rivers , with their general directions from north and east - north - east , is embraced a long strip of land gradually narrowing to the southward . The end of this peninsula , as it would otherwise be , is converted into ...
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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