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Pagina x
... France , or encourage in the Iberian Peninsula the friends of the Grand Alliance . The first alternative was perhaps best calculated to advance her purely material interests ; but the second promised to distract attention on the ...
... France , or encourage in the Iberian Peninsula the friends of the Grand Alliance . The first alternative was perhaps best calculated to advance her purely material interests ; but the second promised to distract attention on the ...
Pagina xv
... France , the task was an easy one . Fortunately for England , the ease of Louis ' task did not escape the apprehension of Rooke . Rooke realised that the Navy alone could preserve what the Navy had laid hands on ; and that until an army ...
... France , the task was an easy one . Fortunately for England , the ease of Louis ' task did not escape the apprehension of Rooke . Rooke realised that the Navy alone could preserve what the Navy had laid hands on ; and that until an army ...
Pagina xvii
... - ness of his ' bomb ' vessel , and promoted him to the rank of captain with command of a fifth- rate of 36 guns . 1 Troude , Batailles navales de la France , i . 193 . Leake's new vessel , the Dartmouth , lost not a.
... - ness of his ' bomb ' vessel , and promoted him to the rank of captain with command of a fifth- rate of 36 guns . 1 Troude , Batailles navales de la France , i . 193 . Leake's new vessel , the Dartmouth , lost not a.
Pagina xxxvi
... France directly into the heart of Spain - that is , into the province of Castile . But the eastern gate , or Gerona gap , leads ( in local parlance ) , not into Spain , but into Catalonia . A French army passing through the Pampeluna ...
... France directly into the heart of Spain - that is , into the province of Castile . But the eastern gate , or Gerona gap , leads ( in local parlance ) , not into Spain , but into Catalonia . A French army passing through the Pampeluna ...
Pagina xlii
... France , as a guarantee of good faith , should surrender Dunkirk , which the enemies of England had employed with devastating effect as a base for commerce de- struction . Leake was sent to occupy the place , and carried out all ...
... France , as a guarantee of good faith , should surrender Dunkirk , which the enemies of England had employed with devastating effect as a base for commerce de- struction . Leake was sent to occupy the place , and carried out all ...
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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