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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... line ahead . The British were in bow - and- quarter line . In this formation , when exact , the ships of a fleet ... battle ahead close to the wind , the fight- ing order.3 Both fleets were irregularly formed , the British especially so ...
... line ahead . The British were in bow - and- quarter line . In this formation , when exact , the ships of a fleet ... battle ahead close to the wind , the fight- ing order.3 Both fleets were irregularly formed , the British especially so ...
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... line of battle , nor did he now . Recognising from the four days ' chase that his enemy was avoiding action , he judged correctly that he should force it , even at some risk . It was not the time for a drill - master , nor a parade ...
... line of battle , nor did he now . Recognising from the four days ' chase that his enemy was avoiding action , he judged correctly that he should force it , even at some risk . It was not the time for a drill - master , nor a parade ...
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... line of battle , which means a close - hauled line . The effect of this was to draw them gradually away from the hostile line , taking them out of range of the British centre and rear . This , if imitated by their followers , would ...
... line of battle , which means a close - hauled line . The effect of this was to draw them gradually away from the hostile line , taking them out of range of the British centre and rear . This , if imitated by their followers , would ...
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... battle was hauled down , and that for the line of battle was hoisted . The object of the latter was to re - form the order , and the first was discontinued , partly because no longer needed , chiefly that it might not seem to contradict ...
... battle was hauled down , and that for the line of battle was hoisted . The object of the latter was to re - form the order , and the first was discontinued , partly because no longer needed , chiefly that it might not seem to contradict ...
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... line of battle on the starboard tack ( Fig . 2 , F ) . This signal was not seen by the leading ship , which should have begun the movement . The junior French admiral , in the fourth ship from the van , at length went about , and spoke ...
... line of battle on the starboard tack ( Fig . 2 , F ) . This signal was not seen by the leading ship , which should have begun the movement . The junior French admiral , in the fourth ship from the van , at length went about , and spoke ...
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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