The Life of George Lord Anson Admiral of the Fleet Vice Admiral of Great Brit
The Life of George Lord Anson Admiral of the Fleet Vice Admiral of Great Brit
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Arrangements were speedily 312 LIFE OF LORD ANSON. [CH. VII.
made for landing ; but, when everything was ready for a descent, a gale of wind sprung up, blowing directly upon the shore, and making so great a surf, that it was deemed impracticable, and the transports, with the utmost difficulty, were got safe out of the roadstead.
On the return of the expedition, the forces were landed on the Isle of Wight. ]\Ir. Pitt, so far from expressing any disappointment, was quite satisfied at the alarm wh...ich it had occasioned, and the di- version which had been made of the French land- forces. Howe was sent for to town, and the result was, to prepare, without loss of time, as the summer was but just set in, for another descent on the coast of France, that the enemy might have no respite from that state of alarm, which these hostile visits had spread over the country, and which were not a little in- creased by the fleet of Anson hovering along the coast from Brest to Rochfort. The Duke of JMarlborough, Lord George Sackville, and the other general officers, had no great taste for this species of maritime war- fare, and volunteered to take reinforcements for the allied army in Germany, Lieutenant- General Bligh was recalled from Ireland, and appointed to the command of the land-forces to be emj)loyed on the new expedition.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Arrangements were speedily 312 LIFE OF LORD ANSON. [CH. VII.
made for landing ; but, when everything was ready for a descent, a gale of wind sprung up, blowing directly upon the shore, and making so great a surf, that it was deemed impracticable, and the transports, with the utmost difficulty, were got safe out of the roadstead.
On the return of the expedition, the forces were landed on the Isle of Wight. ]\Ir. Pitt, so far from expressing any disappointment, was quite satisfied at the alarm wh...ich it had occasioned, and the di- version which had been made of the French land- forces. Howe was sent for to town, and the result was, to prepare, without loss of time, as the summer was but just set in, for another descent on the coast of France, that the enemy might have no respite from that state of alarm, which these hostile visits had spread over the country, and which were not a little in- creased by the fleet of Anson hovering along the coast from Brest to Rochfort. The Duke of JMarlborough, Lord George Sackville, and the other general officers, had no great taste for this species of maritime war- fare, and volunteered to take reinforcements for the allied army in Germany, Lieutenant- General Bligh was recalled from Ireland, and appointed to the command of the land-forces to be emj)loyed on the new expedition.
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