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Pagina ix
... command of the sea , but how she should exercise it . Command of the sea had passed to a 2.
... command of the sea , but how she should exercise it . Command of the sea had passed to a 2.
Pagina x
exercise it . Command of the sea had passed to her after the battle of La Hogue , and left her free to select which she preferred of two alternative maritime policies . She could either use her fleet to multiply her possessions , or ...
exercise it . Command of the sea had passed to her after the battle of La Hogue , and left her free to select which she preferred of two alternative maritime policies . She could either use her fleet to multiply her possessions , or ...
Pagina xiii
... command of the sea . They challenged the fleet of the Grand Allies after the capture of Gibraltar because they believed , and rightly believed , that it had for the time exhausted itself . Critics , remembering Barfleur and La Hogue ...
... command of the sea . They challenged the fleet of the Grand Allies after the capture of Gibraltar because they believed , and rightly believed , that it had for the time exhausted itself . Critics , remembering Barfleur and La Hogue ...
Pagina xv
... had served the fleet in the honourable estate of Warrant Officer . His grandfather , like several others of similar rank who rose to high command in the days of the Commonwealth , was a gunner . His father also was a gunner ; but a gunner.
... had served the fleet in the honourable estate of Warrant Officer . His grandfather , like several others of similar rank who rose to high command in the days of the Commonwealth , was a gunner . His father also was a gunner ; but a gunner.
Pagina xvii
... command her . The same year she made one of Lord Dartmouth's fleet , which was intended to preserve the Stuart Crown and suffered William of Orange to land and seize it unopposed . There was thus no immediate honour to be had ; nor were ...
... command her . The same year she made one of Lord Dartmouth's fleet , which was intended to preserve the Stuart Crown and suffered William of Orange to land and seize it unopposed . There was thus no immediate honour to be had ; nor were ...
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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