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Pagina xiii
... Lisbon , and no English- controlled dockyard nearer than Plymouth . What was needed was an army sufficiently strong to deal with any interference from the land - side , a siege - train sufficient to reduce the works , and a corps of ...
... Lisbon , and no English- controlled dockyard nearer than Plymouth . What was needed was an army sufficiently strong to deal with any interference from the land - side , a siege - train sufficient to reduce the works , and a corps of ...
Pagina xx
... Lisbon with the vessels that were ready , leaving Leake to follow with reinforcements . The ships , still commissioning , had to be manned , and the shyness of the seamen rendered the task , as ever , wearisome and onerous . Yet such ...
... Lisbon with the vessels that were ready , leaving Leake to follow with reinforcements . The ships , still commissioning , had to be manned , and the shyness of the seamen rendered the task , as ever , wearisome and onerous . Yet such ...
Pagina xxvii
... 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 selfishness , put every conceivable ...
... 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 selfishness , put every conceivable ...
Pagina xxviii
... Lisbon , and remembering the part that Leake had played at Malaga , decided that to fight would savour too much of self - immolation , and allowed his adversary to pass by him unchal- lenged . He had ample opportunity to save his ...
... Lisbon , and remembering the part that Leake had played at Malaga , decided that to fight would savour too much of self - immolation , and allowed his adversary to pass by him unchal- lenged . He had ample opportunity to save his ...
Pagina xxx
... Lisbon and the feebleness of the Portuguese levies made the need of reinforcements sufficiently evident , and during Leake's absence three thousand seasoned troops arrived opportunely in the Tagus . The English military commander - in ...
... Lisbon and the feebleness of the Portuguese levies made the need of reinforcements sufficiently evident , and during Leake's absence three thousand seasoned troops arrived opportunely in the Tagus . The English military commander - 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