No Need of Glory: The British Navy in American Waters, 1860-1864 |
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... blockade . Admiral Milne makes up for the deficiency . Here is his defi- nition as furnished by one of his subordinate commanders : 1. No port is blockaded efficiently if any vessel can enter or depart from it unknown to or in spite of ...
... blockade . Admiral Milne makes up for the deficiency . Here is his defi- nition as furnished by one of his subordinate commanders : 1. No port is blockaded efficiently if any vessel can enter or depart from it unknown to or in spite of ...
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... blockade south of Cape Henry had not been effective , the Union ships in the Gulf were " very efficient and always on the move and very zealous . " For Britain , the world's largest naval power , the blockade was an important offensive ...
... blockade south of Cape Henry had not been effective , the Union ships in the Gulf were " very efficient and always on the move and very zealous . " For Britain , the world's largest naval power , the blockade was an important offensive ...
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... Blockade on a Neutrals ' papers which notice is good for the voyage . " Milne thus tacitly ad- mitted that the U.S. ... blockade . Commander W. N. W. Hewett of HMS Rinaldo reported on 1 October that the Alliance and another blockade ...
... Blockade on a Neutrals ' papers which notice is good for the voyage . " Milne thus tacitly ad- mitted that the U.S. ... blockade . Commander W. N. W. Hewett of HMS Rinaldo reported on 1 October that the Alliance and another blockade ...
Contents
Sir Alexander Milne Returns to the Station | 1 |
The First Problems Raised by the American | 9 |
The Trent Affair and the Stations Military | 39 |
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