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Pagina xx
... supplies ; there was no organised system of reliefs from home ; the Government's instructions were vague and indeter- minate ; the French contingents wisely remained in port ; and , though the Mediterranean was INTRODUCTION xxi entered ...
... supplies ; there was no organised system of reliefs from home ; the Government's instructions were vague and indeter- minate ; the French contingents wisely remained in port ; and , though the Mediterranean was INTRODUCTION xxi entered ...
Pagina xxxii
... supplies . Even if he could have lived on air , and out of nothing produced what the garrison wanted , the loss of his ground tackle rendered him for the moment helpless ; and , while occasion served , he made sail for Lisbon , where he ...
... supplies . Even if he could have lived on air , and out of nothing produced what the garrison wanted , the loss of his ground tackle rendered him for the moment helpless ; and , while occasion served , he made sail for Lisbon , where he ...
Pagina xxxiii
... supplies of powder and ammunition . His presence , too , had the moral effect on which the French command had calculated . The de- fenders of the Rock felt the rope about their neck , and experienced something of the panic that ensues ...
... supplies of powder and ammunition . His presence , too , had the moral effect on which the French command had calculated . The de- fenders of the Rock felt the rope about their neck , and experienced something of the panic that ensues ...
Pagina xxxiv
... supplies held out ; and its supplies were manifestly inex- haustible so long as Leake kept the sea and could renew them at his will . The only way to take Gibraltar was to starve it out , and starvation could only be enforced by a ...
... supplies held out ; and its supplies were manifestly inex- haustible so long as Leake kept the sea and could renew them at his will . The only way to take Gibraltar was to starve it out , and starvation could only be enforced by a ...
Pagina xli
... supplies . The French armies in north - east Spain were no better off ; but a vast fleet of corn - ships and transports had been organised to relieve them . Leake sighted this invaluable convoy , swept it into a corner , captured it ...
... supplies . The French armies in north - east Spain were no better off ; but a vast fleet of corn - ships and transports had been organised to relieve them . Leake sighted this invaluable convoy , swept it into a corner , captured it ...
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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