The Nation and the Navy: A History of Naval Life and PolicyCresset Press, 1954 - 287 sider |
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Side 29
... attack since the wind was favourable . The result was chaos : panic - stricken Spanish crews cut the cables of their galleons in their haste to beat out to sea , anchors were lost , ships which had run on board each other were beached ...
... attack since the wind was favourable . The result was chaos : panic - stricken Spanish crews cut the cables of their galleons in their haste to beat out to sea , anchors were lost , ships which had run on board each other were beached ...
Side 103
... attack the place they were ordered to attack , and for reasons that no soldier will allow to be sufficient.'11 The Channel Fleet covered these diversionary attacks , but its real function was to prevent the French sending help to their ...
... attack the place they were ordered to attack , and for reasons that no soldier will allow to be sufficient.'11 The Channel Fleet covered these diversionary attacks , but its real function was to prevent the French sending help to their ...
Side 105
... attack after attack failed . But the resolute spirit which animated both services , and the fertility in expedients shown by the leaders , finally won the day only a few weeks before the river began to freeze up again . Half the fleet ...
... attack after attack failed . But the resolute spirit which animated both services , and the fertility in expedients shown by the leaders , finally won the day only a few weeks before the river began to freeze up again . Half the fleet ...
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action Admiralty allies American Anson Armada army attack Baltic battle battleships became began blockade Board of Admiralty Brest Britain British Cadiz called Cape Captain captured century Channel Fleet coast colonies command convoy Crimean War cruisers deck defeat defence Drake Duke Dutch East Elizabethan Empire enemy England English Europe fighting flagship force fought France French frigates galleasse galleon German Gibraltar Grand Fleet guns harbour hundred invasion island King land later lieutenant Lord High Admiral Marines maritime Mediterranean merchant midshipman Minorca modern Napoleon nation naval history naval officer navigation Nelson never North peace Peninsular War Pepys Pitt port Queen Royal Navy sail sailors Sandwich sea power seamen sent ships shore signal soon Spain Spanish squadron strategy submarines success tactics tion took Toulon trade treaty troops U.S. Navy victory Vincent voyage warship West Indies