Great Britain – Page 49 – History Moments

John Paul Jones Has Only Three Guns Left

"While the fire of the Serapis was continued without intermission from the whole of her lower-deck battery, the only guns that were still fired from

About half-past seven the Bonhomme Richard hauled up her courses and rounded-to on the weather or larboard quarter of the Serapis,Continuing “I Have

This series has seven easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The ‘Bon Homme Richard’ Sights the British Convoy.IntroductionFor

HMS Victory, photographed in 1885.This was the flagship of the fleet that destroyed the combined French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of

Today's installment concludes England Looses Her Last French Territory,our selection from The Popular History of England by Charles Knight published

The place was taken by storm, amid horrors which belong to such scenes at all times, but which were doubled by the rapacity of troops who fought even

This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Phillip II Attacks France.IntroductionAcross the Channel from the

This was the war that was twenty years before the American Revolution. France fought on two major fronts: the colonial front and the continental

By the morning we were come close to the land, and everybody made ready to get on shore.Today's installment concludes Of Cromwell's Rule In England