The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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Page 51
... NAVY 51 to place the victualling on a more satisfactory footing under a perma- nent surveyor , instead of relying , as previously , upon emergency contracts made as occasion arose . During the campaigns against France and Scotland , the ...
... NAVY 51 to place the victualling on a more satisfactory footing under a perma- nent surveyor , instead of relying , as previously , upon emergency contracts made as occasion arose . During the campaigns against France and Scotland , the ...
Page 117
... Navy . It was indeed the only force which possessed long experience of the heavily- gunned sailing ship . During the Religious Wars the French Navy greatly declined . As for Spain and the Italian States , they still trusted mainly to ...
... Navy . It was indeed the only force which possessed long experience of the heavily- gunned sailing ship . During the Religious Wars the French Navy greatly declined . As for Spain and the Italian States , they still trusted mainly to ...
Page 760
... Navy's in- ability to retain its challenged control of the seas . The Navy was not beaten , neither Ushant nor the Chesapeake , nor even Grenada , can be reckoned a victory for France , but in certain circumstances not to win a victory ...
... Navy's in- ability to retain its challenged control of the seas . The Navy was not beaten , neither Ushant nor the Chesapeake , nor even Grenada , can be reckoned a victory for France , but in certain circumstances not to win a victory ...
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