The Naval History of Great Britain: Commencing with the Earliest Period of History, and Continued to the Expedition Against Algiers, Under the Command of Lord Exmouth, in 1816. Including the History and Lives of British Admirals, Band 5Baldwyn and Company, 1818 |
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... East Indies , where they had formerly so many flourishing settlements , they were confined to one town ; and the principal source of their wealth was cut off by the loss of Guadaloupe , Goree , and Sene- gal , and the destruction of ...
... East Indies , where they had formerly so many flourishing settlements , they were confined to one town ; and the principal source of their wealth was cut off by the loss of Guadaloupe , Goree , and Sene- gal , and the destruction of ...
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... East Indies , Rear - admiral Holmes at Jamaica , Sir James Douglas at the Lee- ward Islands , and Lord Colville at Halifax in Nova Scotia . Besides these , single ships cruised in diffe- rent parts in order to protect the British ...
... East Indies , Rear - admiral Holmes at Jamaica , Sir James Douglas at the Lee- ward Islands , and Lord Colville at Halifax in Nova Scotia . Besides these , single ships cruised in diffe- rent parts in order to protect the British ...
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... con- siderable misfortune attending the British arms in the east . We must , not , however , omit to mention the achievements of Count D'Estaing , who in the year 1759 had made himself master of the English fort 10 NAVAL HISTORY.
... con- siderable misfortune attending the British arms in the east . We must , not , however , omit to mention the achievements of Count D'Estaing , who in the year 1759 had made himself master of the English fort 10 NAVAL HISTORY.
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... east extremity of the island , near the Point Lomaria . But , in order to amuse the enemy , a feint was made to attack the citadel of Palais , while two large ships conveyed the troops to the intended land- ing - place , and silenced a ...
... east extremity of the island , near the Point Lomaria . But , in order to amuse the enemy , a feint was made to attack the citadel of Palais , while two large ships conveyed the troops to the intended land- ing - place , and silenced a ...
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... East India ship , fitted out from France , with twenty - eight guns and three hundred and fifty men , fell in with the Hero and the Venus , commanded by Captains Fortescue and Harrison , and , being taken without opposition , was ...
... East India ship , fitted out from France , with twenty - eight guns and three hundred and fifty men , fell in with the Hero and the Venus , commanded by Captains Fortescue and Harrison , and , being taken without opposition , was ...
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Seite 470 - And His Britannic Majesty consents to leave to the subjects of the Most Christian King the liberty of fishing in the Gulph St. Lawrence, on condition that the subjects of France do not exercise the said fishery, but at the distance of three leagues from all the coasts belonging to Great Britain, as well those of the continent, as those of the islands situated in the said Gulph St.
Seite 471 - 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...
Seite 1 - Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm affection to me I consider as the greatest and most permanent security of my throne...
Seite 356 - That the foundation of English liberty and of all free government, is, a right in the people to participate in their legislative council...
Seite 147 - When I consider the season of the year, the hard gales on the day of action, a flying enemy, the shortness of the day, and the coast they were on, I can boldly affirm that all that could possibly be done has been done.
Seite 161 - Whereas nothing can redound more to the honour of this nation as a maritime power, to the dignity of the crown of Great Britain, and to the advancement of the trade and navigation thereof, than to make discoveries of countries hitherto unknown...
Seite 470 - Xlllth article of the treaty of Utrecht; which article is renewed and confirmed by the present treaty, (except what relates to the island of Cape Breton, as well as to the other islands and coasts in the mouth and in the gulph of St.
Seite 426 - ... been conducted. They will, therefore, be ready to enter upon the consideration of a treaty of peace and commerce not inconsistent with treaties already subsisting, when the king of Great Britain shall demonstrate a sincere disposition for that purpose. The only solid proof of this disposition, will be, an explicit acknowledgment of the independence of these states, or the withdrawing his fleets and armies.
Seite 356 - Countries, we cheerfully consent to the operation of such Acts of the British Parliament, as are, bona fide, restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole Empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members ; excluding every idea of Taxation, internal or external, for raising a revenue on the subjects in America, without their consent.
Seite 470 - Lawrence ; and, in general, every thing that depends on the said countries, lands, islands, and coasts, with the sovereignty, property, possession, and all rights acquired by treaty or otherwise...