The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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Page 54
... fleet , based on San Fiorenzo , to permit this incursion ? The answer is to be found at Whitehall . Pitt had reluctantly decided to make a drastic change at the Admiralty in order to infuse method and punctuality into the despatch of ...
... fleet , based on San Fiorenzo , to permit this incursion ? The answer is to be found at Whitehall . Pitt had reluctantly decided to make a drastic change at the Admiralty in order to infuse method and punctuality into the despatch of ...
Page 98
... fleet based on Malta would give efficient help , especially if a large Russian force from Corfu assisted . Acting together , the two Powers would attack Napoleon in a quarter where he was peculiarly susceptible ; they would save ...
... fleet based on Malta would give efficient help , especially if a large Russian force from Corfu assisted . Acting together , the two Powers would attack Napoleon in a quarter where he was peculiarly susceptible ; they would save ...
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... fleet at its " average moment " should be superior to any possible combination of two other fleets at their " selected moment " . This was known as the " two power standard " and was accepted as sufficient until the Naval Defence Act of ...
... fleet at its " average moment " should be superior to any possible combination of two other fleets at their " selected moment " . This was known as the " two power standard " and was accepted as sufficient until the Naval Defence Act of ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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