. The royal navy : a history from the earliest times to the present. y not his so much asHopsonns. Rooke commanded also at Gibraltar, but again his wasnot the leading figure. Nelson, commanding at either Vigo orGibraltar, would, we may be sure, have commanded in a verydifferent and much more immediate manner. Rooke watered his fleet at Altea Bay, seizing and destro5^ing a 392 M It OPERATIONS, 1G60-1714. ri704. fort there; and on June 14th he passed the Strait. Off Lagos, onthe l(3th, Admn-al Sir Clowdisley Shovells squadron joined. Shovell had left England in May \vath belated instruction
. The royal navy : a history from the earliest times to the present. y not his so much asHopsonns. Rooke commanded also at Gibraltar, but again his wasnot the leading figure. Nelson, commanding at either Vigo orGibraltar, would, we may be sure, have commanded in a verydifferent and much more immediate manner. Rooke watered his fleet at Altea Bay, seizing and destro5^ing a 392 M It OPERATIONS, 1G60-1714. ri704. fort there; and on June 14th he passed the Strait. Off Lagos, onthe l(3th, Admn-al Sir Clowdisley Shovells squadron joined. Shovell had left England in May \vath belated instructions toendeavour to intercept the French fleet, bound from Brest to Toulon ;to provide for the safety of the trade; to convoy certain vessels toLisbon ; and, if he missed the enemy, to reinforce Sir George Eooke. The Admirals at once held a council of war and decided to lookfor the French in the Mediterranean. Eear-Admiral Byng wasfirst, however, detached to Cadiz to effect an exchange of rejoined Sir George off Cape Trafalgar on June 29th; but E U R O P. Oldla^ytfT THE STRAIT AND BAY OF GIBRALTAR. adverse winds, and then false reports of the presence of a largeFrench squadron near the Strait, delayed the fleet, which, byJuly 17th, had not advanced eastward of Tetuan. In consequenceof suggestions which had been sent to him through the Englishminister at Lisbon from King Charles of Spain and the King ofPortugal, Eooke on that day held another council of war, which,after discussing various projects, determined to make a suddenattempt on Gibraltar, which at the time was held in the interestsof the French candidate for the Spanish crown. The plan of actioninvolved the landing to the northward of the town of the Englishand Dutch Marines, under the Prince of Hessen, who would sever L701.] THE CAPTUItE OF GIBRALTAR. 593 comnmnications between the place and the mainland; and thereduction of the fortress by means of the fire of a squadron of ships,placed under the command of E
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