The Nation and the Navy: A History of Naval Life and PolicyCresset Press, 1954 - 287 sider |
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... Channel of pirates and main- tain safe communication with Calais , then the most important centre for exports . It was not effective . But it is significant that one copy passed into the hands of Burghley and later into those of Samuel ...
... Channel of pirates and main- tain safe communication with Calais , then the most important centre for exports . It was not effective . But it is significant that one copy passed into the hands of Burghley and later into those of Samuel ...
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... Channel or northabout was bound to strangle Dutch trade in the long run , however stern the resistance they put up ... Channel with a large convoy after the fleets had met off Portland . The Channel stranglehold was gained and the last ...
... Channel or northabout was bound to strangle Dutch trade in the long run , however stern the resistance they put up ... Channel with a large convoy after the fleets had met off Portland . The Channel stranglehold was gained and the last ...
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... Channel Fleet at Spithead was a comparatively harmless affair , which subsided as soon as Howe , ' the sailor's friend ' , intervened with promises of redress of grievances and a royal pardon . But the Floating Republic established by ...
... Channel Fleet at Spithead was a comparatively harmless affair , which subsided as soon as Howe , ' the sailor's friend ' , intervened with promises of redress of grievances and a royal pardon . But the Floating Republic established by ...
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