Fighting instructions, 1530-1816

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Название: Fighting instructions, 1530-1816

Автор: Sir Julian Stafford Corbett

Издательство: Navy Records Society

Страниц: 396

Формат: PDF

Размер: 53 Мб

Качество: Хорошее

Год: 1905

Язык: английский

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THE inaccessibility of the official Fighting Instructions from time to time issued to the fleet has long been a recognised stumbling-block to students of naval history. Only a few copies of them were generally known to exist ; fewer still could readily be consulted by the public, and of these the best known had been wrongly dated. The discovery therefore of a number of seventeenth century Instructions amongst the Earl of Dartmouth's papers, which he had generously placed at the disposal of the Society, seemed to encourage an attempt to make something like a complete collection. The result, such as it is, is now offered to the Society. It is by no means exhaustive. Some sets of Instructions seem to be lost beyond recall ; but, on the other hand, a good deal of hitherto barren ground has been filled, and it is hoped that the collection may be of some assistance for a fresh study of the principles which underlie the development of naval tactics.

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