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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Page 153
The association of the names of well - known courtiers with the New England Council does not warrant us in attributing its failure to a court party any more than the success of St Christopher and Barbados can be attri- buted to the Earl ...
The association of the names of well - known courtiers with the New England Council does not warrant us in attributing its failure to a court party any more than the success of St Christopher and Barbados can be attri- buted to the Earl ...
Page 529
This conquest of Bengal offers the first example of a systematic and brilliantly successful co - operation of fleet ( or flotilla ) ... These , under General Lally , won success after success , and threatened to overrun the Carnatic .
This conquest of Bengal offers the first example of a systematic and brilliantly successful co - operation of fleet ( or flotilla ) ... These , under General Lally , won success after success , and threatened to overrun the Carnatic .
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The Moonlight Battle " was the first real victory of the war at sea , and , if the odds had greatly favoured Rodney , it was a useful success , much enhanced by the promptness and resolution of the chase . Rodney could thus revictual ...
The Moonlight Battle " was the first real victory of the war at sea , and , if the odds had greatly favoured Rodney , it was a useful success , much enhanced by the promptness and resolution of the chase . Rodney could thus revictual ...
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