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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... leeward when the chase began , and could not get into close action that day . By this time , seventeen of the twenty gunboats had come up , and , after silencing the Royal Savage , pulled up to within point - blank range of the American ...
... leeward when the chase began , and could not get into close action that day . By this time , seventeen of the twenty gunboats had come up , and , after silencing the Royal Savage , pulled up to within point - blank range of the American ...
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... leeward , passing a concealed enemy , undetected , upon waters so per- fectly well known as those of Champlain were ; it having been the scene of frequent British operations in previous wars . Owing to this , " the Maria , because of ...
... leeward , passing a concealed enemy , undetected , upon waters so per- fectly well known as those of Champlain were ; it having been the scene of frequent British operations in previous wars . Owing to this , " the Maria , because of ...
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... leeward ( north ) , nine or ten miles distant , having jury masts , and showing other signs of disability . The British vessel approached near enough to recognise them as French . They were d'Estaing's squadron , crippled by a very ...
... leeward ( north ) , nine or ten miles distant , having jury masts , and showing other signs of disability . The British vessel approached near enough to recognise them as French . They were d'Estaing's squadron , crippled by a very ...
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... leeward . At this time their van was estimated by Howe to be two or three miles from the British rear , and , according to his reading of their manoeuvres , d'Estaing was forming his line for the same tack as the British , with a view ...
... leeward . At this time their van was estimated by Howe to be two or three miles from the British rear , and , according to his reading of their manoeuvres , d'Estaing was forming his line for the same tack as the British , with a view ...
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... leeward . Towards sunset , they were stand- ing south - west , with the wind at west - north - west , and bore north - east from the enemy , who were lying - to , heads to the northward . The British remaining nearly motionless ...
... leeward . Towards sunset , they were stand- ing south - west , with the wind at west - north - west , and bore north - east from the enemy , who were lying - to , heads to the northward . The British remaining nearly motionless ...
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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