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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... joined up with the Saxons , they would be 40 miles from Berlin ; in the north , the Swedes , when they had concentrated at Stralsund , would be within 130 miles ; in the east , when the Russians had crossed the Oder , they would be but ...
... joined up with the Saxons , they would be 40 miles from Berlin ; in the north , the Swedes , when they had concentrated at Stralsund , would be within 130 miles ; in the east , when the Russians had crossed the Oder , they would be but ...
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... joined de Grasse to give him a superiority of seven ships . Nevertheless , de Grasse did not intend to come to close quarters , and the result was that , on April 30 , Hood stood out northward , and , on May 11 , joined forces with ...
... joined de Grasse to give him a superiority of seven ships . Nevertheless , de Grasse did not intend to come to close quarters , and the result was that , on April 30 , Hood stood out northward , and , on May 11 , joined forces with ...
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... joined by Rear - Admiral Cochrane and two sail of the line . There he was wrongly informed that the French fleet had been seen to windward of St. Lucia , and the result was that he missed his enemy . Villeneuve had reached Martinique on ...
... joined by Rear - Admiral Cochrane and two sail of the line . There he was wrongly informed that the French fleet had been seen to windward of St. Lucia , and the result was that he missed his enemy . Villeneuve had reached Martinique on ...
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