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acquainting Admiral's afterwards anchored appointed arrived ashore Barcelona BATTLE OF MALAGA boats brave Brest Burchett Cadiz Cape Cape Spartel Captain Leake Charles Charles Galley coast command Confederates convoy council council of war Court Martial cruise detached dispatched Duke Dutch Earl endeavour enemy enemy's ships engagement England English expedition fireships Flag Officers flag on board forces France French fleet frigates galleys garrison Gibraltar Grand Fleet Gunner guns harbour Highness's honour land Leake's letter likewise Lisbon Lord High Admiral Majesty Majesty's marines Mediterranean men-of-war merchant ships morning naval Navy night orders Peterborough port Portugal Portuguese Prince George Prince of Hesse proceed proceeded provisions Queen ready Rear-Admiral received rendez-vous resolution resolved Royal sail seamen sent shore siege Sir Clowdisley Shovell Sir George Rooke Sir John Leake soon Spithead squadron Stanhope Straits Third Rates thither Torbay Torrington Toulon town Vice-Admiral Leake weather whilst wind
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Pagina x - SOCIETY desire it to be understood that they are not answerable for any opinions or observations that may appear in the Society's publications; the Editors of the several Works being alone responsible for the same.
Pagina lxxxviii - The admirals forgot their element, and acted as general officers at land : they came every day from their ships with a body of men formed into companies, and regularly marshalled, and commanded by captains and lieutenants of their own.
Pagina 154 - ... Pillars, of which there have been so many uncertain traditions. The bay wherein the town lies is also a very commodious harbour for the largest ships, there being likewise two moles projecting into the bay from the walls of the town, making a secure retreat for smaller vessels. Thus [is the place] happily situated for the protection of trade and annoyance of an enemy, but more especially useful in the war with France and Spain when we had no port in the Mediterranean. According to the resolutions...
Pagina 154 - ... with France and Spain when we had no port in the Mediterranean. According to the resolutions of the flag officers the fleet on the 20th pushed over from the Barbary shore, and the next day at three in the afternoon the marines, to the number of 1,800, were landed by the prince of Hesse-Darmstadt's direction on the neck of land to the northward of the town, to cut off all communication with the country. And a summons was sent to the governor to surrender the place for the service of his Catholic...
Pagina 152 - Spain's* proposals for attempting Cadiz, a council of war was called thereupon the next day, the fleet being then about seven leagues to the eastward of Tetuan, and the attempt upon Cadiz was determined impracticable without an army to co-operate with the fleet. This design being laid aside, they then took into consideration what other service might be practicable, and they came to a resolution to land the marines, both English and Dutch, under the command of the prince of Hesse in the bay of Gibraltar,...
Pagina 83 - ... and had three captains appointed under him as lord high admiral, Littleton, then vice-admiral of the white, being his first captain." The Earl of Berkeley was one of fortune's favorites. As Lord Dursley, at the age of twenty he commanded the Lichfield, 50, it being his second command. When twenty-three he commanded the Boyne, 80; at twenty-seven he was vice-admiral of the blue, and a few months afterward vice-admiral of the white...
Pagina 149 - Brest to Toulon. The advantage he had was so visible, that it was expected he would have made towards them ; he did it not : what orders he had was not known, for the matter never came under examination : they got to Toulon, and he steered another way.
Pagina cxix - Gal way; but I must confess, if my opinion were to be taken, Lord Peterborough should not be consulted. I do not think much ceremony ought to be used in removing him from a place where he has hazarded the loss of the whole country.* Peterborough, however, continued to write to Sarah in his sprightly style, to which she was by no means insensible.
Pagina 153 - ... in the province of Andalusia, seated at the foot of a rocky mountain, which makes a peninsula, and is joined to the rest of Spain only by a small isthmus of land. By its situation it commands the trade and is the key of the Mediterranean Sea, being at the opening of the strait's mouth opposite the Apes' Hill in Barbary at about seven leagues distance, which two hills were the famous Herculean Pillars, of which there have been so many uncertain traditions. The bay wherein the town lies is also...
Pagina 9 - Between His Royal Highness, James Duke of York, and Albany, Earl of Ulster, Lord High Admiral of England, and Ireland, Constable of Dover Castle, Lord Warden of the Cinque ports, and Governor of Portsmouth, of the one part : John...