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 49
... ports commanding the approach to Jamaica ; for with cruisers based on them the Jamaica trade would be moderately safe . But the difficulty of holding these isolated posts and leaving the interior to a fierce and active enemy was so ...
... ports commanding the approach to Jamaica ; for with cruisers based on them the Jamaica trade would be moderately safe . But the difficulty of holding these isolated posts and leaving the interior to a fierce and active enemy was so ...
Page 115
... ports so as to facilitate the running in of sugar , etc. , from that island . Great ingenuity was used in getting our colonial produce into the Elbe . The Hamburgers arranged for bogus funerals to a riverside suburb until inquisitive ...
... ports so as to facilitate the running in of sugar , etc. , from that island . Great ingenuity was used in getting our colonial produce into the Elbe . The Hamburgers arranged for bogus funerals to a riverside suburb until inquisitive ...
Page 868
... ports and harbours without taking military steps against them . This complaint was made , says Westlake , " with a lofty disregard of more than a century of intervening history " . After the Napoleonic wars there was a movement for ...
... ports and harbours without taking military steps against them . This complaint was made , says Westlake , " with a lofty disregard of more than a century of intervening history " . After the Napoleonic wars there was a movement for ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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