Letters Addressed from London to Sir Joseph Williamson While Plenipotentiary at the Congress of Cologne in the Years 1673 and 1674, Tema 8William Dougal Christie Camden society, 1874 |
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... fleet was to consist of at least fifty large ships and ten fire - ships ; the French auxiliary squadron to be commanded by a Vice - Admiral or Lieutenant - General , who would obey the Duke of York in virtue of powers given him by the ...
... fleet was to consist of at least fifty large ships and ten fire - ships ; the French auxiliary squadron to be commanded by a Vice - Admiral or Lieutenant - General , who would obey the Duke of York in virtue of powers given him by the ...
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... , without proclamation , to seize a rich Dutch merchant fleet on its way home through the Channel , again in order to procure funds for the war . This last attack excited great disapproval ; the odium of it was increased INTRODUCTION .
... , without proclamation , to seize a rich Dutch merchant fleet on its way home through the Channel , again in order to procure funds for the war . This last attack excited great disapproval ; the odium of it was increased INTRODUCTION .
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... fleet , commanded by the Duke of York , bore the brunt of the Dutch attack during two days , the 30th and the 31st of May , and which ended without decisive victory on either side . By land Louis XIV . quickly achieved great results ...
... fleet , commanded by the Duke of York , bore the brunt of the Dutch attack during two days , the 30th and the 31st of May , and which ended without decisive victory on either side . By land Louis XIV . quickly achieved great results ...
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... fleet , which the Lord Keeper Bridgman , speaking according to custom for the King , and himself ignorant of the arranged French alliance , had represented as necessary in conse- quence of the increased navies of France and Holland ...
... fleet , which the Lord Keeper Bridgman , speaking according to custom for the King , and himself ignorant of the arranged French alliance , had represented as necessary in conse- quence of the increased navies of France and Holland ...
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... fleet before proclamation of war , the declaration of war without consulting Parliament , the continuance of the war , — these were all sources of danger from Parliament whenever it should meet , and time , unless brilliant success came ...
... fleet before proclamation of war , the declaration of war without consulting Parliament , the continuance of the war , — these were all sources of danger from Parliament whenever it should meet , and time , unless brilliant success came ...
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