Today's installment concludes When Fighting Sail Matured,our selection from The Influence of Seapower Upon History by Alfred Thayer Mahan published
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Limits of Raiders in Commerce Damage
The suffering involved to England in such numerous captures, which must have caused great individual injury and discontent, did not really prevent the
Governor Dudley
His abilities were beyond question, and his manners easy and graceful; but his instincts were arbitrary.Our special project presenting the
The Peace of Breda
Failing support of a base or a powerful fleet, the raider can only dash out hurriedly a short distance from home, and its blows, though painful,
Four Days Battle’s Affects Naval Science
More than any other this fight marks clearly the passage from former methods to the tactics of the end of the seventeenth century.Continuing When
The Four Days Battle Ends
This lesson is as applicable to-day as it ever was.Concluding When Fighting Sail Matured,our selection from The Influence of Seapower Upon History
The Four Days Battle: The Last Two Days
The third day Monk continued retreating to the westward.Continuing When Fighting Sail Matured,our selection from The Influence of Seapower Upon
Four Days Battle: The Fleets Engage
The battle indicated the lack of subordination and of military feeling which has been charged against the Dutch officers as a body; no signs of which
The Four Days Battle Begins
This was the position of the Dutch fleet at daylight of June 11, 1666; and although not expressly so stated, it is likely, from the whole tenor of the