The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... action difficult and rapid action impossible . Orders and instructions waited days and even months for execution . The Secretary at War carried little responsibility and performed few duties other than those of a routine character In ...
... action difficult and rapid action impossible . Orders and instructions waited days and even months for execution . The Secretary at War carried little responsibility and performed few duties other than those of a routine character In ...
Page 749
... action . His casualties were double Rodney's , but his 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 ...
... action . His casualties were double Rodney's , but his 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 ...
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... action , had prevented Cornwallis from setting systematically about suppressing the guerrillas . In December Corn- wallis was joined by 2500 men under Leslie whom Clinton had sent to the Chesapeake in October to serve as a diversion to ...
... action , had prevented Cornwallis from setting systematically about suppressing the guerrillas . In December Corn- wallis was joined by 2500 men under Leslie whom Clinton had sent to the Chesapeake in October to serve as a diversion to ...
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