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The Newcastle Chronicle, May 25, 1782: Rodney "Breaks the Line"
Admiral Rodney's Official Report of the Battle in the West Indies which saved Jamaica and ruined French Naval Prestige: Formidable, at Sea, April 14...a battle which lasted with unremitting fury from seven in the morning till half past six in the evening, when the setting sun put an end to the contest.. together with a letter by Rodney Never was a fleet so mauled, or so much destruction made amongst them. The 'Formidable' fired near 80 broadsides, and all near; no French ship could stand her fire as she passed, for she gave three boradsides for one.., with tax stamp -- 2in.(5cm.) col space
Admiral Rodney's Official Report of the Battle in the West Indies which saved Jamaica and ruined French Naval Prestige: Formidable, at Sea, April 14...a battle which lasted with unremitting fury from seven in the morning till half past six in the evening, when the setting sun put an end to the contest.. together with a letter by Rodney Never was a fleet so mauled, or so much destruction made amongst them. The 'Formidable' fired near 80 broadsides, and all near; no French ship could stand her fire as she passed, for she gave three boradsides for one.., with tax stamp -- 2in.(5cm.) col space