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Pagina x
... resolved to send the Grand Fleet to assist the allies in setting their Austrian candidate on the throne of Philip II . Historians of the Spanish Succession War have persisted in counting the units of the British fleet , and in supposing ...
... resolved to send the Grand Fleet to assist the allies in setting their Austrian candidate on the throne of Philip II . Historians of the Spanish Succession War have persisted in counting the units of the British fleet , and in supposing ...
Pagina xxxvi
... resolved in high council held at Lisbon that ' Charles III ' should be transferred to Cata- lonia and there set up his court . The capital of the province , the great port of Barcelona , had , it is true , declared for the French . But ...
... resolved in high council held at Lisbon that ' Charles III ' should be transferred to Cata- lonia and there set up his court . The capital of the province , the great port of Barcelona , had , it is true , declared for the French . But ...
Pagina lxviii
... resolved to keep a sharp eye on the Dutchman in case another change should be necessary . A vaunting braggart from his youth , he felt that nothing was properly done unless he was there to do it himself . In the critical days that ...
... resolved to keep a sharp eye on the Dutchman in case another change should be necessary . A vaunting braggart from his youth , he felt that nothing was properly done unless he was there to do it himself . In the critical days that ...
Pagina lxxxvii
... , the unexpected nature of the blows they inflicted , their complete immunity from punishment . War- fare as they waged it was warfare after his own heart ; and in mad mood he resolved to make one of them . Las Torres had moved against a.
... , the unexpected nature of the blows they inflicted , their complete immunity from punishment . War- fare as they waged it was warfare after his own heart ; and in mad mood he resolved to make one of them . Las Torres had moved against a.
Pagina xciv
... Resolved : that , without the loss of a moment , the king must be rescued ; and that the over- venturous filibustering pawn , in the interests of the game , must be sacrificed . Now let us turn from the chivalrous knight impetuously ...
... Resolved : that , without the loss of a moment , the king must be rescued ; and that the over- venturous filibustering pawn , in the interests of the game , must be sacrificed . Now let us turn from the chivalrous knight impetuously ...
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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