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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... fleet upon their own coast , or in any harbour of their own , and there to defeat them . " Nevertheless , on this Saturday , July 20 , " his Lordship , accompanied with 54 sail of his fleet . . . plied out of the Sound ; and being ...
... fleet upon their own coast , or in any harbour of their own , and there to defeat them . " Nevertheless , on this Saturday , July 20 , " his Lordship , accompanied with 54 sail of his fleet . . . plied out of the Sound ; and being ...
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... Fleet cannot have finer weather to put to sea . " Nevertheless , Villeneuve hesitated , and it was not until 6 a.m. on October 19 that he signalled his fleet to " Make sail and proceed . " Two and a half hours later , when lying some 50 ...
... Fleet cannot have finer weather to put to sea . " Nevertheless , Villeneuve hesitated , and it was not until 6 a.m. on October 19 that he signalled his fleet to " Make sail and proceed . " Two and a half hours later , when lying some 50 ...
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... Fleet , orders to Medina Sidonia , 17 ; number and com- position of fleet and squadron com- manders , 17-18 ; order of battle , 22 ; lack of ammunition , 27 ; losses , 32 , 34-5 ; decision to return to Spain and shipwrecks , 34-5 English ...
... Fleet , orders to Medina Sidonia , 17 ; number and com- position of fleet and squadron com- manders , 17-18 ; order of battle , 22 ; lack of ammunition , 27 ; losses , 32 , 34-5 ; decision to return to Spain and shipwrecks , 34-5 English ...
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