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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... coast of the United States ; and although the two could not communicate by land , they did support each other as naval stations in a war essentially dependent upon maritime power . Philadelphia served no purpose but to divide and ...
... coast of the United States ; and although the two could not communicate by land , they did support each other as naval stations in a war essentially dependent upon maritime power . Philadelphia served no purpose but to divide and ...
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... coast . It was destined to Delaware Bay , hoping to intercept Howe's squadron . D'Es- taing was directed to begin hostilities when forty leagues west of Gibraltar . The British ministry was not insensible of the danger , the imminence ...
... coast . It was destined to Delaware Bay , hoping to intercept Howe's squadron . D'Es- taing was directed to begin hostilities when forty leagues west of Gibraltar . The British ministry was not insensible of the danger , the imminence ...
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... coast of Long Island , ninety miles east of New York , without one of the fleet in company . There twelve ships were seen at anchor to leeward ( north ) , nine or ten miles distant , having jury masts , and showing other signs of ...
... coast of Long Island , ninety miles east of New York , without one of the fleet in company . There twelve ships were seen at anchor to leeward ( north ) , nine or ten miles distant , having jury masts , and showing other signs of ...
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Alfred Thayer Mahan. enemy's appearing off the coast might , and did , make it imperative not to risk the troops at sea , but to choose instead the alternative of a ninety - mile march through New Jersey , which a year before had been ...
Alfred Thayer Mahan. enemy's appearing off the coast might , and did , make it imperative not to risk the troops at sea , but to choose instead the alternative of a ninety - mile march through New Jersey , which a year before had been ...
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... coast , and had been chased by his ships . His appearance off New York , therefore , was imminent . Howe's measures were prompt and thorough , as became his great reputation . To watch for d'Estaing's approach , a body of cruisers was ...
... coast , and had been chased by his ships . His appearance off New York , therefore , was imminent . Howe's measures were prompt and thorough , as became his great reputation . To watch for d'Estaing's approach , a body of cruisers was ...
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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