 | John Campbell - 1814 - 546 pàgines
...the 19th of July Admiral Vernon received his final instructions, under his majesty's sign manual, " to destroy " the Spanish settlements in the West Indies, and to " distress their shipping by every method whatever." He requested only three days to settle his domestic affairs,... | |
 | William Frederick Vernon - 1861 - 162 pàgines
...the 19th July, 1739, Admiral Vernon received his final instructions under his Majesty's sign-manual, "To destroy the Spanish settle"ments in the West Indies, and to distress " their shipping by every method whatever." He desired but three days to settle his domestic business,... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1905 - 354 pàgines
...Vernon, in the last week of July, three months before the declaration of war; its instructions being "to destroy the Spanish settlements in the West Indies and to distress their shipping by every method whatever." It had been the hope of Vernon, with his squadron of six... | |
 | Isabel Giberne Sieveking - 1912 - 434 pàgines
...sound, yet no formal declaration of war had been yet made. It was resolved by the English Ministry to "destroy the Spanish Settlements" in the West Indies and "to distress their shipping." Armstrong declared that in October 1739 no "serious preparations were made in Spain."... | |
 | James Alexander Robertson - 1919 - 774 pàgines
...Spaniard's beard". As early as July, 1739, Vernon, in anticipation of war with Spain, had been ordered "to destroy the Spanish settlements in the West Indies and to distress their shipping by every method whatever". War was actually declared October 19, 1739, and on November... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1919 - 438 pàgines
...However, his crews were probably no worse than the usual product of the press•gang. His orders were "to destroy the Spanish settlements in the West Indies and to distress their shipping by every method whatever." Leaving Jamaica, according to the Boston Gazette, March 3,... | |
 | 1917 - 1446 pàgines
...served. No declaration of war was made till 19 Oct. ; but on 19 July Vernon received his instructions ' to destroy the Spanish settlements in the West Indies and to distress their shipping by every method whatever ; ' and on the 23rd he put to sea with eight ships of the line... | |
 | 1928 - 446 pàgines
...was by no means a friendly gesture, for Admiral Vernon, its English commander, had been instructed to "destroy the Spanish settlements in the West Indies and to distress their shipping by any means whatever." An enduring tie binds England and America, however, as the direct... | |
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July, three months before the declaration of war; its instructions being "to destroy the Spanish settlements in the West Indies and to distress their shipping by every method whatever. 