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"authorization": "https://dictionary.cambridge.org/auth/info?rid=READER_ID&url=CANONICAL_URL&ref=DOCUMENT_REFERRER&type=&v1=&v2=&v3=&v4=english&_=RANDOM", There are other indications, too, of the importance of the Aeginetan fleet in the Greek scheme of defence. var mapping_leftslot = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1063, 0], [[120, 600], [160, 600], [300, 600]]).addSize([963, 0], [[120, 600], [160, 600]]).addSize([0, 0], []).build(); ), both of which were added to the league. { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654150' }}, Numbers of Scotch sailors and of English deserters served in the Dutch fleet in this war - the bad administration of the navy and the constant ill-treatment of the crews having caused bitter discontent. { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '387233' }}, In 1757 Chandernagore was bombarded by an English fleet under Admiral Watson and captured; the fortifications and houses were afterwards demolished. The English fleet standing to the north passed to west of the Dutch, and then turned. { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '448842' }}, Parliament would grant the king no supplies, and he could find the means of fitting out a fleet only by defrauding his creditors. In the 27th of September the Dutch appeared in force off the mouth of the Thames, and Blake, whose fleet was collected in the Downs, stood to sea. { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, All we had to do then was to provide for the near middle water fleets and inshore fleets, which were both in trouble. Of the numbers and constitution of the Antigonid fleet we know nothing.'. On the other hand Athens, like Corinth, Megara and Argos, was sufficiently far from the sea to enjoy security against the sudden descent of a hostile fleet. His next exploit was the conquest and plunder of Sicily, after which he subdued Corsica and Sardinia and sent a Gothic fleet against the coasts of Greece. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195452', size: [300, 250] }}, { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_mpuslot' }}, The outset of his administration was marked by Franco-Italian fetes at Toulon (10th to I4th April 1901), when the Italian fleet returned a visit paid by the French Mediterranean squadron to Cagliari in April 1899; and by the despatch of three Italian warships to Prevesa to obtain satisfaction for damage done to Italian subjects by Turkish officials. There is the competition of highly subsidised fleets of other nations, including countries where the wage-level is much lower than our own. On the other hand, we are in stark competition with companies operating major merchant fleets and which have major tax advantages. googletag.cmd.push(function() { He resisted the visitation of August 1547, and was committed to the Fleet; but he withdrew his opposition, and was released in time to take an active part against the government in the parliament of November 1547. However, fashion attracted him in the first place because it was associated with frivolity, fleeting fads, expense, and meaninglessness. Only the most fleet of foot. The fleet was mobilized and the country prepared f if(refreshConfig.enabled == true) Add the power of Cambridge Dictionary to your website using our free search box widgets. { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot4' }}]}]; It is not, therefore, surprising that when Pausanias was recalled to Sparta on the charge of treasonable overtures to the Persians, the Ionian allies appealed to the Athenians on the grounds of kinship and urgent necessity, and that when Sparta sent out Dorcis to supersede Pausanias he found Aristides in unquestioned command of the allied fleet. They had sent the entire fleet. Preparations for defence were made; a Neapolitan army was to advance through the Romagna and attack Milan, while the fleet was to seize Genoa; but both expeditions were badly conducted and failed, and on the 8th of September Charles crossed the Alps and joined Lodovico it Moro at Milan. The island remained a Spanish province until the War of the Spanish Succession, when in 1708 Cagliari capitulated to an English fleet, and the island became Austrian; the status quo was confirmed by the peace of Utrecht in 1713. The fleet's adequacy for defence purposes is monitored regularly. { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot4' }}]}]; {code: 'ad_leftslot', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_leftslot', adUnitPath: '/2863368/leftslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[120, 600], [160, 600]] } }, When it was known that Admiral Cervera, with a Spanish fleet, had left the Cape Verde Islands, Sampson withdrew a force from the blockade to cruise in the Windward Passage, and made an attack upon the forts at San Juan, Porto Rico. {code: 'ad_contentslot_4', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_mpuslot', adUnitPath: '/2863368/mpuslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [320, 100], [320, 50], [300, 50]] } }, Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. name: "pubCommonId", { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195454', size: [336, 280] }}, The Spaniards replied by appealing to Holland, who sent a fleet under Ruyter into the Mediterranean. { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, But upon the approach of the Russians to Constantinople the British reserves were called out and the fleet was despatched to the Bosporus. After all, until a few decades ago, the fleets had a common approach and common fishing areas, and they still have the same interests. the checking of the fleet at Drewry's Bluff (Fort Darling), about 8 m. The legend of an indecent consecration at the Nag's Head tavern in Fleet Street seems first to have been printed by the Jesuit, Christopher Holywood, in 1604; and it has long been abandoned by reputable controversialists. { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot2' }}]},