The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American IndependenceLibrary of Alexandria, 1969. 1. 1. - 280페이지 |
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... The British loss in killed andwounded didnotexceed forty. The little Americannavy on Champlain waswiped out; but never had anyforce,big orsmall, livedtobetter purpose or died more gloriously, forit had savedthe Lake for that year ...
... The British loss in killed andwounded didnotexceed forty. The little Americannavy on Champlain waswiped out; but never had anyforce,big orsmall, livedtobetter purpose or died more gloriously, forit had savedthe Lake for that year ...
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... the British vessels remained in controlofit, and showed themselves from time to time upto 1781. With theoutbreak of war between Great Britain and France, in1778,the scene of maritime interest shifted to salt water, and there remained ...
... the British vessels remained in controlofit, and showed themselves from time to time upto 1781. With theoutbreak of war between Great Britain and France, in1778,the scene of maritime interest shifted to salt water, and there remained ...
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... the British government anavalforce was needed, which not only should protect the approach ofits own transports to Boston Bay, but should preventaccess toall coast ports whence supplies couldbecarried tothe blockading army. So far from ...
... the British government anavalforce was needed, which not only should protect the approach ofits own transports to Boston Bay, but should preventaccess toall coast ports whence supplies couldbecarried tothe blockading army. So far from ...
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... the British Navy, and Staten Island had been abandoned, necessarily, without resistance, thereby giving upthe strong defensive positionofthe Narrows.The lines were contracted thus to the immediate neighbourhood of New York itself. Small ...
... the British Navy, and Staten Island had been abandoned, necessarily, without resistance, thereby giving upthe strong defensive positionofthe Narrows.The lines were contracted thus to the immediate neighbourhood of New York itself. Small ...
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... the British general, who apparently didnot hold very strongly the opinion thatthe mostdecisive factor inwaris the enemy's organised force. Ascontrolof thevalley ofthe Hudson, in connection with Lake Champlain, was, very properly, the ...
... the British general, who apparently didnot hold very strongly the opinion thatthe mostdecisive factor inwaris the enemy's organised force. Ascontrolof thevalley ofthe Hudson, in connection with Lake Champlain, was, very properly, the ...
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