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Word: fleetly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Strait of Dover that Napoleon was preparing to invade England; and the French Assembly was reported to have declared that England could not cope single-handed with the armies of the Tricolor. In one of his most elaborate and brilliant drawings, Gillray shows the thick-set Napoleon urging his fleet on; the chief interest, however, lies in the different reactions seen in the faces of the onlookers in England--Sheridan making a dramatic speech, and Fox hiding behind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLLECTIONS -- and -- CRITIQUES | 3/25/1929 | See Source »

Vice Admiral William Veazie Pratt, present Commander of the Battle Fleet, will replace Admiral Henry Ariosto Wiley as Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Fleet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: New Posts | 3/18/1929 | See Source »

Vice Admiral Louis McCoy Nulton, Commander of the Battleship Divisions of the Battle Fleet, will replace Admiral Pratt as Commander of the Battle Fleet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: New Posts | 3/18/1929 | See Source »

Rear Admiral Charles Butler McVay Jr., budget officer of the Navy Department, will command the Asiatic fleet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: New Posts | 3/18/1929 | See Source »

Died. Rear Admiral Yates Stirling (retired), 85, of Baltimore, Civil War veteran, father of Rear Admiral Yates Stirling Jr., commander of the Yangtze patrol of the U. S. Asiatic fleet; in Baltimore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Mar. 18, 1929 | 3/18/1929 | See Source »

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