The History of Our Navy from Its Origin to the Present Day 1775 to 1897
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: December 31, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9781417918676
Subjects: Naval forces & warfare; Military - Naval; History; History - Military / War; Military
First sentence: BY base arts and promises intended to be broken-by sending, for instance, one George Rose as a commissioner to Washington, ostensibly to adjust the whole matter amicably, but in reality to gain time, the British Prime Minister (the "impetuous Canning") succeeded in getting the Chesapeake affair "put out to nurse."