The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present, Volume 2Sir William Laird Clowes, Sir Clements Robert Markham, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Herbert Wrigley Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, Leonard George Carr Laughton S. Low, Marston and Company, limited, 1898 - Great Britain |
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action Admiral afterwards Allies anchored April ashore attack August Ayscue Badiley Basnage battle Blake blockade boats burnt Cadiz Capt Captain John Captain Thomas captured Channel Charles Clowdisley Shovell coast command Constant Warwick convoy Corneille Tromp crew cruise Duke Dunquerque Dutch fleet Dutch ships Earl Edward enemy engaged England English ships Evertsen expedition fell fight fire fireships flag force four France French frigates George Gibraltar guns Hellevoetsluis Henry Hist Holland hundred island James John Leake July June killed King land Lord Lord High Admiral lost Mediterranean men-of-war merchant merchantmen Monck naval October officers ordered Parliament Penington Penn Phineas Pett pirates Plymouth port Portsmouth Portuguese Prince prizes Rear-Admiral returned Richard Robert Rooke Royal Navy Royalist Ruijter Rupert sailed seamen sent Sir John Spain Spanish squadron taken Texel Thurloe took troops vessels Vice-Admiral Vie de Corneille West Indies Whitelocke William wind wounded