The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1

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John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell
Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain

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... fleet of fifty sail , which off Malaga fought an even fight with the allies ' fifty - three ( 13 August ) . The Count , for all his boasts of victory , admitted a strategic reverse by retiring to Toulon , thereby leaving the allies free ...
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... 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 ...
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... fleet to start them and the Brest fleet to complete them . Boscawen , completing his refit at Gibraltar , was warned by his outlook frigate of the approach of twelve French sail from the east . Hurrying out , he caught them next day ...

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Contents

CHAPTER I
1
CHAPTER II
22
The Newfoundland Fishery
29

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TitleThe Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1
The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Arthur Percival Newton
EditorsJohn Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell
PublisherMacmillan, 1929
Original fromIndiana University
Digitized5 Mar 2009
  
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