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Pagina xi
INTRODUCTION xi send a naval force to Spanish waters : it was quite another thing to keep it there . The first need ... Flag Officers that Gibraltar must be captured ; and as delays 1 August 15 to September 15 , 1702 . were dangerous ...
INTRODUCTION xi send a naval force to Spanish waters : it was quite another thing to keep it there . The first need ... Flag Officers that Gibraltar must be captured ; and as delays 1 August 15 to September 15 , 1702 . were dangerous ...
Pagina xv
... Flag Officer , they may be briefly summarised here . Born at Rotherhithe in June 1656 , John Leake came of a family that for two generations had served the fleet in the honourable estate of Warrant Officer . His grandfather , like ...
... Flag Officer , they may be briefly summarised here . Born at Rotherhithe in June 1656 , John Leake came of a family that for two generations had served the fleet in the honourable estate of Warrant Officer . His grandfather , like ...
Pagina xxvii
... flag in the Notting- ham he hastened to Lisbon to repair them and put them in trim . Lisbon , it must be borne in mind , was not an English dockyard , and the Portuguese , who were bound to the confederate cause by no ties but those of ...
... flag in the Notting- ham he hastened to Lisbon to repair them and put them in trim . Lisbon , it must be borne in mind , was not an English dockyard , and the Portuguese , who were bound to the confederate cause by no ties but those of ...
Pagina lxv
... flag of Admiral Leake . His own flag was now hoisted to the maintop , and to the amazement of the world , and to the ... officers concerned , he would without doubt have captured the whole of Toulouse's fleet which a few hours before had ...
... flag of Admiral Leake . His own flag was now hoisted to the maintop , and to the amazement of the world , and to the ... officers concerned , he would without doubt have captured the whole of Toulouse's fleet which a few hours before had ...
Pagina xcviii
... flag on board whatsoever ship he chose . But such was not the case . Naval commanders - in - chief . ( in those days as in these ) often enough selected a Flag Officer as First Captain , or Chief of Staff , so that there might be two ...
... flag on board whatsoever ship he chose . But such was not the case . Naval commanders - in - chief . ( in those days as in these ) often enough selected a Flag Officer as First Captain , or Chief of Staff , so that there might be two ...
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acquainting Admiral's afterwards anchored appointed arrived ashore Barcelona BATTLE OF MALAGA boats brave Brest Burchett Cadiz Cape 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 French fleet frigates galleys garrison Gibraltar Grand Fleet Gunner guns harbour Highness's honour King 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 Spain Spithead squadron Stanhope Straits Third Rates thither Torbay Torrington Toulon town Vice-Admiral Leake weather whilst wind