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Pagina xxx
... arrived opportunely in the Tagus . The English military commander - in - chief , Henry 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 ...
... arrived opportunely in the Tagus . The English military commander - in - chief , Henry 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 ...
Pagina xxxii
... arrived safely in the third week of January 1705 . A great effort was immediately made by the enemy to effect the subjugation of the fortress ; and to this end considerable reserves were brought up and new batteries erected on the land ...
... arrived safely in the third week of January 1705 . A great effort was immediately made by the enemy to effect the subjugation of the fortress ; and to this end considerable reserves were brought up and new batteries erected on the land ...
Pagina xl
... arrived at Spithead in October 1706 and , greeted by the acclamations of adoring crowds , took coach to London . The Lord High Admiral , Prince George of Denmark , anxious to bestow a signal mark of his royal favour , welcomed Sir John ...
... arrived at Spithead in October 1706 and , greeted by the acclamations of adoring crowds , took coach to London . The Lord High Admiral , Prince George of Denmark , anxious to bestow a signal mark of his royal favour , welcomed Sir John ...
Pagina lxxxix
... arrived with a whole skin and rather sullied panache at Valencia , a city which ( in Carleton's phrase ) ' would make a Jew forget Jerusalem . ' And here he spent some of the most critical months of the war in a manner hardly calculated ...
... arrived with a whole skin and rather sullied panache at Valencia , a city which ( in Carleton's phrase ) ' would make a Jew forget Jerusalem . ' And here he spent some of the most critical months of the war in a manner hardly calculated ...
Pagina cvii
... arrive in time , and Barcelona had fallen , much could be said to explain his mis- fortune and extenuate his mischance . But the whole point of the story lies in the fact that Leake , so far from failing , arrived in the very nick , and ...
... arrive in time , and Barcelona had fallen , much could be said to explain his mis- fortune and extenuate his mischance . But the whole point of the story lies in the fact that Leake , so far from failing , arrived in the very nick , 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