The Nation and the Navy: A History of Naval Life and PolicyCresset Press, 1954 - 287 sider |
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Side 43
... occasion . Vast numbers were employed on either side in the early con- flicts , enforcing the necessity of separating the fleet into three divisions ; hence every battle was apt to split into three separate engagements . The fighting ...
... occasion . Vast numbers were employed on either side in the early con- flicts , enforcing the necessity of separating the fleet into three divisions ; hence every battle was apt to split into three separate engagements . The fighting ...
Side 70
... occasion demanded he manned a gun , and happily admits to drinking ' a bowl of punch , a liquor very strange to me ' , on his first night on board . As a good Church of England man he is confident that ' God is above the devil ' , but ...
... occasion demanded he manned a gun , and happily admits to drinking ' a bowl of punch , a liquor very strange to me ' , on his first night on board . As a good Church of England man he is confident that ' God is above the devil ' , but ...
Side 160
... occasion both fleets happened to be at sea , Howe's shepherding a convoy out of the Channel and that of Villaret - Joyeuse awaiting the arrival of a grain convoy from America . The latter had been told by the Committee of Public Safety ...
... occasion both fleets happened to be at sea , Howe's shepherding a convoy out of the Channel and that of Villaret - Joyeuse awaiting the arrival of a grain convoy from America . The latter had been told by the Committee of Public Safety ...
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