. The royal navy : a history from the earliest times to the present. Hopsonn), Orford, Yarmouth, Grafton, Cumberland, Lenox, Berwick,Triumph (Graydon), Torhay, Pembroke, Northumberland, Barjieur, Stirling Castle,Burford, St. George (Fairbt>rne), Expedition, Chichester, Sici/tsure, Kent, Boyne,Bedford, Boyal Sovereign (Eoukc), lianelagh, Plymouth, Eagle, and Somerset. oil MAJOR OPERATIONS, lGGO-1714. [1702. French men-of-war, and the galleys which had lain in the Bay,retired into Pmital Koad. Although two or three councils of war had been held after thefleet had quitted the Channel, there se
. The royal navy : a history from the earliest times to the present. Hopsonn), Orford, Yarmouth, Grafton, Cumberland, Lenox, Berwick,Triumph (Graydon), Torhay, Pembroke, Northumberland, Barjieur, Stirling Castle,Burford, St. George (Fairbt>rne), Expedition, Chichester, Sici/tsure, Kent, Boyne,Bedford, Boyal Sovereign (Eoukc), lianelagh, Plymouth, Eagle, and Somerset. oil MAJOR OPERATIONS, lGGO-1714. [1702. French men-of-war, and the galleys which had lain in the Bay,retired into Pmital Koad. Although two or three councils of war had been held after thefleet had quitted the Channel, there seems to have still been nodefinite plan of action. Certain it is that the leaders of the Allieswere very much in the dark, not only as to the situation of affairson shore and as to the state of the garrison and fortifications, butalso as to the natural conformation of the coast upon which theywere about to attempt a landing; and all this, in spite of the factsthat there had been great EngHsh expeditions against Cadiz in 1587, RcxuarLj art tvinrH n//icn /iUl StA . 0. 1596, and 1625, and that the adventure had been many months inpreparation. There was, moreover, an ominous lack of energy inthe attitude of the Commander-in-Chief. Fairborne had been forclosely following the enemys ships as they retired into PuntalHoad, and had offered to lead the movement; but Sir GeorgeBooke had refused his consent. Another council of war, held in the Bay of Bulls after the fleethad anchored and Cadiz had been reconnoitred, did not reveal thatthe allied commanders saw their way clear before them. SirThomas Smith, Quartermaster-General of the Army, had reportedafter examination that, on the Island of Cadiz,^ there were three More properly the Issland of Leun, on which Cadiz is built. ITOL.] TUE FIASCO AT CADIZ. 379 bajS favourable for landing troops; yet it \vas determined not toland there. The town was summoned, Init the governor civillydeclined to surrender his trust; and again a council of war wa
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