A Military History of the Western World: From the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, to the Battle of Waterloo, 1815Funk & Wagnalls, 1954 |
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... English Spanish 172 124 163 5995 55 43 1,874 1,972 326 635 1,124 The English then , had three times as many long - range pieces as the Spaniards and the Spaniards had three times as many heavy- shotted medium - range pieces as the ...
... English Spanish 172 124 163 5995 55 43 1,874 1,972 326 635 1,124 The English then , had three times as many long - range pieces as the Spaniards and the Spaniards had three times as many heavy- shotted medium - range pieces as the ...
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... English . Next , when the attention of the Spaniards was riveted on a small squadron of eight English ships beating out from Plymouth to windward between the shore and the port side of the Armada , which was erroneously assumed to be ...
... English . Next , when the attention of the Spaniards was riveted on a small squadron of eight English ships beating out from Plymouth to windward between the shore and the port side of the Armada , which was erroneously assumed to be ...
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... English East India Com- pany were the lease of Madras in 1639 and the establishment of a factory at Hugli in 1651. But it was not until 1662 , when the Portuguese settlement of Bombay became part of the dowry brought by Catharine of ...
... English East India Com- pany were the lease of Madras in 1639 and the establishment of a factory at Hugli in 1651. But it was not until 1662 , when the Portuguese settlement of Bombay became part of the dowry brought by Catharine of ...
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