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Pagina xii
... army . This decision may have been right or may have been wrong ; but it cannot be stated with too much emphasis that the project committed a maritime force to a piece of work that was strictly outside its province . Something similar ...
... army . This decision may have been right or may have been wrong ; but it cannot be stated with too much emphasis that the project committed a maritime force to a piece of work that was strictly outside its province . Something similar ...
Pagina xiii
... army sufficiently strong to deal with any interference from the land - side , a siege - train sufficient to reduce the works , and a corps of engineers to reconstruct defences . These would leave the ships at liberty to chastise any ...
... army sufficiently strong to deal with any interference from the land - side , a siege - train sufficient to reduce the works , and a corps of engineers to reconstruct defences . These would leave the ships at liberty to chastise any ...
Pagina xv
... army could be brought from England , ' H.M.S. ' Gibraltar required his other ships to stand by and protect her . But the Grand Fleet was at the end of its tether , and an immediate return to England was imperative . All that he could do ...
... army could be brought from England , ' H.M.S. ' Gibraltar required his other ships to stand by and protect her . But the Grand Fleet was at the end of its tether , and an immediate return to England was imperative . All that he could do ...
Pagina xxviii
... army that outnumbered them by six All that Hesse - Darmstadt could do was to smuggle through to Leake a report of his extremity and beseech him to come with speed . Leake , hampered at every turn by his faithless . allies , worked with ...
... army that outnumbered them by six All that Hesse - Darmstadt could do was to smuggle through to Leake a report of his extremity and beseech him to come with speed . Leake , hampered at every turn by his faithless . allies , worked with ...
Pagina xxxvi
... army passing through the Pampeluna gap would overrun the Iberian tableland , while a French army passing through the Gerona gap would find itself , topographically , in a cul - de - sac . The armies of Louis the Great , like the armies ...
... army passing through the Pampeluna gap would overrun the Iberian tableland , while a French army passing through the Gerona gap would find itself , topographically , in a cul - de - sac . The armies of Louis the Great , like the armies ...
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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