The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1940 - Commonwealth countries |
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Arriving at Barbados on April 27,4 Gardner heard that Laforey with the local force had lately recovered the small but rich island of Tobago , lost by the Peace of Versailles . In other respects the West Indian campaign of 1793 effected ...
Arriving at Barbados on April 27,4 Gardner heard that Laforey with the local force had lately recovered the small but rich island of Tobago , lost by the Peace of Versailles . In other respects the West Indian campaign of 1793 effected ...
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Or if Abercromby's force , long gyrating off the coasts of Spain , must be employed somewhere , why send it without cavalry , siege equipment and money to Egypt , about which ministerial ignorance was dense ?
Or if Abercromby's force , long gyrating off the coasts of Spain , must be employed somewhere , why send it without cavalry , siege equipment and money to Egypt , about which ministerial ignorance was dense ?
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He therefore proposed to send a squadron of two - deckers to watch Ferrol , and behind that screen the Cape force would be in no great danger . In point of fact , the combined fleet was refitting in Cadiz when , on September 1 , Baird ...
He therefore proposed to send a squadron of two - deckers to watch Ferrol , and behind that screen the Cape force would be in no great danger . In point of fact , the combined fleet was refitting in Cadiz when , on September 1 , Baird ...
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Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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