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 569
... already quite clear that the enforcement of this code presented considerable diffi- culties . Evasion was undoubtedly common enough when it offered any advantage . It was impossible to supervise all the shipping along the miles of coast ...
... already quite clear that the enforcement of this code presented considerable diffi- culties . Evasion was undoubtedly common enough when it offered any advantage . It was impossible to supervise all the shipping along the miles of coast ...
Page 682
... already being experienced in obtaining recruits to fight their fellow - subjects . The English army was small and the demands from America were already large . The hiring of Hessian troops for this purpose was none the less a blunder of ...
... already being experienced in obtaining recruits to fight their fellow - subjects . The English army was small and the demands from America were already large . The hiring of Hessian troops for this purpose was none the less a blunder of ...
Page 735
... already written on 30 August1 that he must have more troops : in the previous year he had had enough because he had then no conquests to guard - a telling criticism of his own recent proceedings - but as things stood , he could not hope ...
... already written on 30 August1 that he must have more troops : in the previous year he had had enough because he had then no conquests to guard - a telling criticism of his own recent proceedings - but as things stood , he could not hope ...
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