Generals and Admirals: The Story of Amphibious CommandLongmans, Green, 1952 - 192 sider |
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... effect in practice than to ensure that Peterborough's naval views were listened to by his colleague and the council of war , instead of being brushed aside.1 And as , in the event , there does not seem to have been any dissension on the ...
... effect in practice than to ensure that Peterborough's naval views were listened to by his colleague and the council of war , instead of being brushed aside.1 And as , in the event , there does not seem to have been any dissension on the ...
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... effect , but he also enclosed a copy of his commission " which some circumstances made me conceive necessary you should look over . " 1 This seems to have been an attempt to assert his authority both as general and as admiral of the ...
... effect , but he also enclosed a copy of his commission " which some circumstances made me conceive necessary you should look over . " 1 This seems to have been an attempt to assert his authority both as general and as admiral of the ...
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... effect anything serious against the besieging army ; but he marched northward , engaged in some skirmishing , and , when apprised by Stanhope of the fleet's approach , he encamped by the sea about twenty miles from Barcelona to await ...
... effect anything serious against the besieging army ; but he marched northward , engaged in some skirmishing , and , when apprised by Stanhope of the fleet's approach , he encamped by the sea about twenty miles from Barcelona to await ...
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HOWARD AND ESSEX AT CADIZ | 7 |
THE SPANISH CAMPAIGNS OF QUEEN ANNES WAR | 19 |
VERNON AND WENTWORTH IN THE WEST INDIES | 38 |
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