Memoirs of Transactions at Sea During the War with France: Beginning in 1688, and Ending in 1697. ... By Josiah Burchett Esq; ...John Nutt, 1703 - 408 pagina's |
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Memoirs of Transactions at Sea During the War with France: Beginning in 1688 ... Josiah Burchett Volledige weergave - 1703 |
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Pagina 3 - Times, and in all Emergencies, as you in your Discretion shall judge most conducing to Our Honour, and the Security of Our Dominions, and particularly in the preventing the approach of any Fleet or Number of Ships of War from Holland upon any of our Coasts, or their making any Descent upon the same.
Pagina 358 - Board to defire that four of the bed failors might be ordered to Sheernefs to clean, and that the others might come to the Downs, not only to take in water, which they very much wanted, but...
Pagina 114 - Service. From thence he was to fail to Cape de Hague, and to ftand as near in to Havredegrace as the fafety of the Ships would permit^ and if no Service could be done there, to return forthwith to Spithead, if he judg'd it not for the fecurity of the Iflands to continue longer ort the Frenrh Coaft ; in which cafe he was ordered to fend the earlieft Advice he could of his Intentions.
Pagina 148 - Maloe with any shipps of the fleet, till the town its self be [so] farr reduced by our land forces as that the said shipps which shall be sent in may receive noe great annoyance from the enemy gunns in the attempt; and the generall and feild officers of the army are of opinion that they are not capable to doe any service at that place without the assistance of the fleet.
Pagina 191 - Place to land the Troops at, and to refit the Ships. Thus ended this unlucky Expedition ; but I cannot leave it without making this...
Pagina 129 - Engage 5 whereas had we been favoured with clear Weather, and a Gale of Wind, it would have been next to an impoffibility for any one of the French Ships to have efcaped.
Pagina 150 - Breft, that fome thing might be atterhp«rRoch tecj wj(h probability of Succefs, was not the Seafon of the Year fo far fpent, as not to admit of the Fleet's going with fafety to fee whether or no any thing might be done at thofe Places.
Pagina 53 - Dutch, whose quota was generally 5 to 8. The fleet being victualled and indifferently well manned, Admirall Russell had orders from the Queen dated the 7th of May, to proceed into the Soundings, provided the Dutch had joined him, and that • ["With the Commander-in- Chief of which squadron he was to leave instructions.
Pagina 79 - ... Gentlemen, Pursuant to the Queen's orders this morning, we do desire and direct you forthwith to consider of the particulars following relating to their Majesties' fleet now aboard and return us your opinion therein in writing by tomorrow at four of the clock in the afternoon viz. : — How long it may be convenient to keep the fleet at sea in a body. How long it may be ventured at sea in case the French should not disarm their ships or the Queen's Service should require so great a fleet. When...
Pagina 136 - ... that he called a council of war, to consider whether it might be most proper for the whole fleet to go over, or to send a detachment to view the place ; and they came to the following resolution, viz. that part of the fleet should proceed off of St. Mallo, and bring an account whether the whole, or what numbers thereof, might ride there. Accordingly, Vice-Admiral Rooke was sent with a squadron, in conjunction with Vice-Admiral Callemberg, who commanded the Dutch detachment.