Fights for the Flag ...: With Portraits and PlansSmith, Elder, & Company, 15 Waterloo Place, 1906 - Всего страниц: 333 |
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... fight off Dungeness on that May afternoon nearly 250 years ago was really the beginning of the struggle be- twixt the two maritime republics for the mistress - ship of the seas . To quote Hannay , " the greatest naval power of the day ...
... fight off Dungeness on that May afternoon nearly 250 years ago was really the beginning of the struggle be- twixt the two maritime republics for the mistress - ship of the seas . To quote Hannay , " the greatest naval power of the day ...
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... fighting , hard hitting . A French writer , less than twenty years afterwards , wrote , “ Nothing equals the beautiful ... fight like a line of cavalry which is handled according to rule , whereas the Dutch advance like cavalry whose ...
... fighting , hard hitting . A French writer , less than twenty years afterwards , wrote , “ Nothing equals the beautiful ... fight like a line of cavalry which is handled according to rule , whereas the Dutch advance like cavalry whose ...
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... Fitchett. MAARTEN HARPERTSZOON TROMP Luitenant Admiraal van Holland en Westfriesland ADMIRAL VAN TROMP From an engraving by J. HOUBRAKEN , after the portrait by LIEVENS in the fight . The close and desperate fighting told.
... Fitchett. MAARTEN HARPERTSZOON TROMP Luitenant Admiraal van Holland en Westfriesland ADMIRAL VAN TROMP From an engraving by J. HOUBRAKEN , after the portrait by LIEVENS in the fight . The close and desperate fighting told.
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With Portraits and Plans William Henry Fitchett. in the fight . The close and desperate fighting told sorely on both sides ; 100 men were killed or wounded on the British admiral's flagship , its masts were gone , its hull little more ...
With Portraits and Plans William Henry Fitchett. in the fight . The close and desperate fighting told sorely on both sides ; 100 men were killed or wounded on the British admiral's flagship , its masts were gone , its hull little more ...
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... fight off Portland - a " stupendous action , " as Clarendon calls it was the turning - point in the long duel for the sovereignty of the seas betwixt Great Britain and Holland . In 1654-55 Blake sailed with a powerful fleet for the ...
... fight off Portland - a " stupendous action , " as Clarendon calls it was the turning - point in the long duel for the sovereignty of the seas betwixt Great Britain and Holland . In 1654-55 Blake sailed with a powerful fleet for the ...
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