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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... fire , which opened at once , was rapid , well - sustained , and well - directed ; but their position suffered under the radical defect that , whether from actual lack of water , or only from fear of grounding , they were too far from ...
... fire , which opened at once , was rapid , well - sustained , and well - directed ; but their position suffered under the radical defect that , whether from actual lack of water , or only from fear of grounding , they were too far from ...
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... fire . In the squadron an equal gallantry was shown under circumstances which made severe demands upon endurance . Whatever Parker's estimate of the worth of the defences , no trace of vain - confidence appears in his dispositions ...
... fire . In the squadron an equal gallantry was shown under circumstances which made severe demands upon endurance . Whatever Parker's estimate of the worth of the defences , no trace of vain - confidence appears in his dispositions ...
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... fire and abandoned by her officers . Before she blew up , the Americans boarded her , securing her colours , bell , and some other trophies . " Had these ships effected their purpose , " Moultrie reported , " they would have driven us ...
... fire and abandoned by her officers . Before she blew up , the Americans boarded her , securing her colours , bell , and some other trophies . " Had these ships effected their purpose , " Moultrie reported , " they would have driven us ...
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... fires , but we never saw better fellows ; " and when the fire of the fort slackened and some cried , " They have done fight- ing , " others replied , " By God , we are glad of it , for we never had such a drubbing in our lives . " " All ...
... fires , but we never saw better fellows ; " and when the fire of the fort slackened and some cried , " They have done fight- ing , " others replied , " By God , we are glad of it , for we never had such a drubbing in our lives . " " All ...
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... fire - rafts , had freed the channel for large vessels to approach the upper obstructions . These were defended not only by a work at Red Bank on the Jersey shore , but also , on the other side of the stream , by a fort called Fort ...
... fire - rafts , had freed the channel for large vessels to approach the upper obstructions . These were defended not only by a work at Red Bank on the Jersey shore , but also , on the other side of the stream , by a fort called Fort ...
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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