The Nation and the Navy: A History of Naval Life and PolicyCresset Press, 1954 - 287 sider |
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Side 44
... failure to their stern taskmaster . It did them no good , because he put them both in the Tower for failing to carry out their original orders . He needed a base in the West Indies , but Jamaica was not the place he wanted since it lay ...
... failure to their stern taskmaster . It did them no good , because he put them both in the Tower for failing to carry out their original orders . He needed a base in the West Indies , but Jamaica was not the place he wanted since it lay ...
Side 51
... failed to materialize because Louis in the end preferred the barren pursuit of military glory on the Continent . In the Third Dutch War ( 1672-4 ) the Dutch faced a far more desperate situation than before . Never was De Ruyter's genius ...
... failed to materialize because Louis in the end preferred the barren pursuit of military glory on the Continent . In the Third Dutch War ( 1672-4 ) the Dutch faced a far more desperate situation than before . Never was De Ruyter's genius ...
Side 120
... failure to maintain the strategic command of the Atlantic . For the remainder of the war French squadrons could cross the ocean almost at will , and on one occasion even threatened the safety of these islands . Equally serious was the ...
... failure to maintain the strategic command of the Atlantic . For the remainder of the war French squadrons could cross the ocean almost at will , and on one occasion even threatened the safety of these islands . Equally serious was the ...
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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