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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... enemy , undetected , upon waters so per- fectly well known as those of Champlain were ; it having been the scene of ... enemies . It is needless to enlarge upon the mortifying incident of Arnold's escape that evening . To liken small ...
... enemy , undetected , upon waters so per- fectly well known as those of Champlain were ; it having been the scene of ... enemies . It is needless to enlarge upon the mortifying incident of Arnold's escape that evening . To liken small ...
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... enemy of that day , " chiefly gloried in the danger- ous attention which he paid to a nice point of honour , in keep- ing his flag flying , and not quitting his galley till she was in flames , lest the enemy should have boarded , and ...
... enemy of that day , " chiefly gloried in the danger- ous attention which he paid to a nice point of honour , in keep- ing his flag flying , and not quitting his galley till she was in flames , lest the enemy should have boarded , and ...
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... enemy's ship passed the fort and anchored above it . " The general opinion before the action , " Moultrie says , " and especially among sailors , was that two frigates would be sufficient to knock the town about our ears ...
... enemy's ship passed the fort and anchored above it . " The general opinion before the action , " Moultrie says , " and especially among sailors , was that two frigates would be sufficient to knock the town about our ears ...
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... enemy's force in particular , was of that in- conspicuous character which obscures the fact that without the Navy the operations could not have been undertaken at all , and that the Navy played to them the part of the base of operations ...
... enemy's force in particular , was of that in- conspicuous character which obscures the fact that without the Navy the operations could not have been undertaken at all , and that the Navy played to them the part of the base of operations ...
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... enemy more than double their number . On the morning of the 27th , Sir Peter Parker , with a 64- gun ship , two 50's ... enemy's trenches were but six hundred yards distant , yet no suspicion was aroused , nor did a single deserter give ...
... enemy more than double their number . On the morning of the 27th , Sir Peter Parker , with a 64- gun ship , two 50's ... enemy's trenches were but six hundred yards distant , yet no suspicion was aroused , nor did a single deserter give ...
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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