Lives of the British Admirals:: Containing a New and Accurate Naval History, from the Earliest Periods, Volume 4G. G. J. and J. Robinsons, 1785 - Admirals |
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admiral admiral Byng almoſt alſo America anchor army aſſiſtance attack battery boats Britain Britiſh captain cauſe chace cloſe coaft coast commanded commodore confiderable confifted conſequence courſe cruizing deſign diſtance enemy engagement England Engliſh enterprize eſcape expedition failed failors fame fent fide fignal fire fire-ſhips firſt floop fome foon France French French fleet French ſhip frigates fuch fufficient fuperior furrendered garrifon guns harbour honour houſe intereſt iſlands Jamaica land laſt leagues leſs lord meaſure men of war miniſtry Minorca minutes fouth moſt naval navy neceffary obſerved occafion oppofition poffeffion poſſible preſent purpoſe reſolution ſea ſecond ſecurity ſeemed ſent ſervice ſeven ſeveral ſhe ſhips ſhore ſhot ſhould Sir Chaloner Ogle Sir Edward Hawke Sir John Mordaunt ſituation ſmall ſome Spain Spaniards Spaniſh ſpirit ſquadron ſtate ſtation ſteered ſtill ſtores ſtrength ſucceſs ſuch ſupplied theſe thoſe town tranſports troops veffels veſſels weſt whoſe wounded
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Page 479 - America ; it is agreed, that for the future, the confines between the dominions of His Britannic Majesty, and those of His Most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
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Page 479 - Britain : moreover, his most Christian majesty cedes and guaranties to his said Britannic majesty, in full right, Canada, with all its dependencies, as well as the island of Cape Breton, and all the other islands and coasts in the gulph and river of St. Lawrence...
Page 479 - Majesty, to serve as a shelter to the French fishermen: and his said most Christian Majesty engages not to fortify the said islands; to erect no buildings upon them, but merely for the convenience of the fishery; and to keep upon them a guard of fifty men only for the police.
Page 480 - Grenada, and the Grenadines, with the same stipulations in favour of the inhabitants of this colony, inserted in the IVth article for those of Canada : And the partition of the islands called neutral, is agreed and fixed, so that those of St.
Page ix - With this assistance he went on till six in the morning, when again beginning to grow weary, he drank the remainder of the coffee. Hence he was enabled to proceed with fresh vigour till nine or ten o'clock in the morning, when he finished the pamphlet, which had a great run, and was productive of considerable profit. Mr. Campbell having succeeded so well in a performance hastily written, expected much greater success from another work, about which he had taken extraordinary...
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Page 440 - Britifh in the fituation the whole had been in the night before, and that the reft were to leeward at a greater diftance, not in a line of battle, but in a heap, the Admiral did not caufe the fleet to...
Page 509 - ... and looking round to the general condition of my fleet, I faw it was in vain to attempt either a general or a partial chace. Indeed, my accufer does not venture to alledge that there was any probability, or even poflibility, of doing it with effect, which deftroys the whole imputation of his charge.
Page 440 - ... on board by a wind, which fignal was applicable to the occafion for renewing the engagement with advantage, after the French fleet had been beaten, their line broken, and in diforder.