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Pagina xxx
... de Ruvigny , Earl of Galway , may not have known to what extent the forces in front of him had been weakened , but he made a shrewd and soldierlike INTRODUCTION xxxi guess , and decided to send to Gibraltar's XXX INTRODUCTION.
... de Ruvigny , Earl of Galway , may not have known to what extent the forces in front of him had been weakened , but he made a shrewd and soldierlike INTRODUCTION xxxi guess , and decided to send to Gibraltar's XXX INTRODUCTION.
Pagina lv
... Galway ; remained on half - pay until 1705 ; in that year proceeded to Spain on active service ; was captured at Denia in Novem- ber 1708 , and remained a prisoner until the Peace of Utrecht in 1713. But while rehabilitating the real ...
... Galway ; remained on half - pay until 1705 ; in that year proceeded to Spain on active service ; was captured at Denia in Novem- ber 1708 , and remained a prisoner until the Peace of Utrecht in 1713. But while rehabilitating the real ...
Pagina lxv
... Galway in his camp at Guadalaxara . Peterborough with a handful of soldiers proceeded there also , offered to assume supreme command , and , being repulsed , cast upon the Allies the dust from off his feet . Money was what was wanted ...
... Galway in his camp at Guadalaxara . Peterborough with a handful of soldiers proceeded there also , offered to assume supreme command , and , being repulsed , cast upon the Allies the dust from off his feet . Money was what was wanted ...
Pagina lxvi
... Galway could be trusted to command in chief by land , and Shovell or Leake by sea , what need can there have been for further direction ? Because Peterborough had powers that apparently overrode those of anyone else , it has been too ...
... Galway could be trusted to command in chief by land , and Shovell or Leake by sea , what need can there have been for further direction ? Because Peterborough had powers that apparently overrode those of anyone else , it has been too ...
Pagina cxi
... Galway , survives for most Englishmen in Macaulay's unfair anti- thesis as a man who was in war what Molière's doctors were in medicine , who thought it more honourable to fail according to rule than to succeed by innovation . ' Born in ...
... Galway , survives for most Englishmen in Macaulay's unfair anti- thesis as a man who was in war what Molière's doctors were in medicine , who thought it more honourable to fail according to rule than to succeed by innovation . ' Born in ...
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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