The Nation and the Navy: A History of Naval Life and PolicyCresset Press, 1954 - 287 sider |
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... taken there , and the next year Corsica ( where Nelson lost the sight of his right eye ) was seized as a base for the fleet . The various Quiberon expedi- tions all failed because the danger of helping partisans is that intervention ...
... taken there , and the next year Corsica ( where Nelson lost the sight of his right eye ) was seized as a base for the fleet . The various Quiberon expedi- tions all failed because the danger of helping partisans is that intervention ...
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... taken seriously . There is plenty of evidence to show that during the latter part of the war spit - and - polish , boredom and lack of practice in action had seriously under- mined the fighting efficiency of the Royal Navy . The news of ...
... taken seriously . There is plenty of evidence to show that during the latter part of the war spit - and - polish , boredom and lack of practice in action had seriously under- mined the fighting efficiency of the Royal Navy . The news of ...
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... taken part in a pitched battle , and never was a battle more literally enveloped in the fog of war . Action was precipitated by an incident which occurred when Scheer was still forty miles south of Hipper , and Jelli- coe fifty miles ...
... taken part in a pitched battle , and never was a battle more literally enveloped in the fog of war . Action was precipitated by an incident which occurred when Scheer was still forty miles south of Hipper , and Jelli- coe fifty miles ...
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