The Building Of The British Empire The Story Of Englands Growth From Elizabeth To Victoria With Upwards Of One Hundred Ports And Illus From Conte PDF Download

Excerpt from The Building of the British Empire: The Story of England's Growth From Elizabeth to Victoria, With Upwards of One Hundred Portraits and Illustrations From Contemporary Prints This was in 1689. In the following year Torring ton allowed a French fleet under De Tourville to snatch a victory from the combined English and Dutch fleets off Beachy Head. The Hollanders, who led the van, fought with signal bravery, as did some of the English, ships but others seemed to Shirk the contest. In this action the English lost a couple of vessels, two of their captains, and some four hundred men; while the Dutch lost two Ad mirals, with a large number of men, and were be sides obliged to Sink several of their vessels to prevent them falling into the enemy's hands. Both commanders were blamed, Torrington for not fight ing, the French Admiral for not following up his Victory, which, indeed, from his failure to do so, profited the victors but little. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.