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Pagina xix
... French fleet under the guns of La Hogue . In 1693 Leake served in the Grand Fleet under a leadership which had been unwisely put in com- mission . Killigrew , Delavall , and Shovell shared the command , and their divided counsels contri ...
... French fleet under the guns of La Hogue . In 1693 Leake served in the Grand Fleet under a leadership which had been unwisely put in com- mission . Killigrew , Delavall , and Shovell shared the command , and their divided counsels contri ...
Pagina xxviii
... French at Cadiz had nineteen sail of the line , he detained four ships which he had been strin- gently enjoined to dispatch on other duties , and at the beginning of November set forth upon his mission . De Pointis had reliable news of ...
... French at Cadiz had nineteen sail of the line , he detained four ships which he had been strin- gently enjoined to dispatch on other duties , and at the beginning of November set forth upon his mission . De Pointis had reliable news of ...
Pagina xxix
... French fleet down upon him ) would put him in a most embarrassing position so far as tactics and manœuvres were concerned , shifted his berth to the Spanish side of the bay , so as to be ready for eventualities . As a matter of fact ...
... French fleet down upon him ) would put him in a most embarrassing position so far as tactics and manœuvres were concerned , shifted his berth to the Spanish side of the bay , so as to be ready for eventualities . As a matter of fact ...
Pagina xxx
French , seeing a military opening in the Peninsula , had planned to capture Lisbon from the land side . Already ... French staff were unanimously of opinion that Gibraltar must first be retaken , and Berwick , clinging tenaciously to ...
French , seeing a military opening in the Peninsula , had planned to capture Lisbon from the land side . Already ... French staff were unanimously of opinion that Gibraltar must first be retaken , and Berwick , clinging tenaciously to ...
Pagina xxxiii
... French command had calculated . The de- fenders of the Rock felt the rope about their neck , and experienced something of the panic that ensues from the horror of strangulation . In the third week of March the weather grew wild and ...
... French command had calculated . The de- fenders of the Rock felt the rope about their neck , and experienced something of the panic that ensues from the horror of strangulation . In the third week of March the weather grew wild and ...
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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