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 513
... fleet will soon be helpless ; but this enterprise demands a large naval and military force from England . Instead there comes a French fleet , which , landing troops in St Christopher , devastates all the British portion , whereupon ...
... fleet will soon be helpless ; but this enterprise demands a large naval and military force from England . Instead there comes a French fleet , which , landing troops in St Christopher , devastates all the British portion , whereupon ...
Page 529
... fleet action , to the vast and fertile delta of the Ganges , favourable to the exercise of sea power . Fortunately at Madras were two leaders equal to the emergency . Admiral Watson , with four sail of the line and three smaller craft ...
... fleet action , to the vast and fertile delta of the Ganges , favourable to the exercise of sea power . Fortunately at Madras were two leaders equal to the emergency . Admiral Watson , with four sail of the line and three smaller craft ...
Page 749
... fleet was intact , whereas had Rodney's orders been properly executed de Guichen must have been badly beaten . Twice more ( 15 and 19 May ) Rodney managed to engage him : he had drilled his fleet now and there was no misunderstanding of ...
... fleet was intact , whereas had Rodney's orders been properly executed de Guichen must have been badly beaten . Twice more ( 15 and 19 May ) Rodney managed to engage him : he had drilled his fleet now and there was no misunderstanding of ...
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