Fleet at the battle of Camperdown - Admiral Duncan (1898) (14763614444)

The battle of Camperdown, 1797
Identifier: admiralduncan01camp (find matches)
Title: Admiral Duncan
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Camperdown, Robert Adam Philips Haldane Duncan, Earl of, 1841-1918
Subjects: Duncan of Camperdown, Adam Duncan, Viscount, 1731-1804 Camperdown, Battle of, 1797
Publisher: London, New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green, and co.
Contributing Library: Duke University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Duke University Libraries



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than nineteen weeks ; andindeed his recent experience of the Home Portswas not such as to make him desirous of returning.For the disciphne of the ships it was important tokeep them at sea; and apart from all questionsconnected with the British Squadron, the informa-tion from Dutch sources continued to indicate theprobability of an early expedition. CaptainBoorder, of the Espiegle sloop, reported that 11,000 French troops are embarked in ships now lying in the Texel, and 25,000 more are em- barked in different vessels in the Pampus (an* anchorage close by) ready to drop down and join them. The idea in general is that the Fleet are so very averse to putting to sea that they will not do it unless forced by the French Army, and have threatened that if they are, they will not fight. On June 13, Kear Admiral Makaroff, with theEussian ships Peter, Philip, Europe, * Archi-pelago and Despatch brigs, joined. On June 17 the Admiral was informed that the Mutiny at the Nore having now been happily
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