The Cambridge History of the British Empire: The growth of the new Empire, l783-1870Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians The University Press, 1940 - Great Britain |
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... force . Thus , in the hurry caused by this alarming news , an East Indian convoy was to be left exposed in order to protect our almost unprotected West Indies , 1 a course of action harmonising with Pitt's statement to Grenville , that ...
... force . Thus , in the hurry caused by this alarming news , an East Indian convoy was to be left exposed in order to protect our almost unprotected West Indies , 1 a course of action harmonising with Pitt's statement to Grenville , that ...
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... force , long gyrating off the coasts of Spain , must be employed somewhere , why send it without cavalry , siege equip- ment and money to Egypt , about which ministerial ignorance was dense ? 2 Clearly , Dundas's Egyptian policy ( for ...
... force , long gyrating off the coasts of Spain , must be employed somewhere , why send it without cavalry , siege equip- ment and money to Egypt , about which ministerial ignorance was dense ? 2 Clearly , Dundas's Egyptian policy ( for ...
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... force hove in sight of Table Mountain ( 2 January 1806 ) . From Cape Town no enemy craft disturbed their plans . Owing to the high surf on the open part of the coast , Popham finally decided to force a landing in Losperd's Bay , a ...
... force hove in sight of Table Mountain ( 2 January 1806 ) . From Cape Town no enemy craft disturbed their plans . Owing to the high surf on the open part of the coast , Popham finally decided to force a landing in Losperd's Bay , a ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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