Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain, from 1727 to 1783, Volume 1

action Admiral Admiral Rodney affiftance againſt alfo almoſt alſo anchor army arrived attack Britiſh fleet Cape François Captain chace cloſe command Commodore confequence confiderable confifted convoy courſe crew cruize detached diſpatched diſtance Dutch Earl Cornwallis enemy enemy's eſcape eſcorted fail fame feamen fent fervice feven feveral fhips fhot fide fignal fire firſt fituation floop fome foon force fquadron French fleet frigate ftores ftruck fuch fuperior fupply garrifon Gibraltar greateſt guns himſelf Houſe hundred iſland Jamaica killed Lieutenant line of battle lofs Lord Majefty's meaſure Minorca moft moſt muſt naval neceffary o'clock obferved occafion officers poffeffion poffible pounders prefent prifoners purpoſe Rear-Admiral ſent ſeven ſeveral ſhe ſhips ſhot ſhould Sir Edward Hughes Sir George Rodney Sir Henry Clinton ſmall ſome Spaniſh ſtate ſtation ſtrong ſuch Suffren thefe themſelves theſe thoſe thouſand tranſports troops uſed utmoſt veffels Vice-Admiral Weft Weſt Indies wind wounded