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Word: lynnhaven (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...lively skirmish"; to his second in command, Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Hood, "a feeble action"; to George Washington, its greatest beneficiary, "a partial engagement." There is not even agreement on its name. Says Author Larrabee: "You will find it called the Battle of the Chesapeake, of Chesapeake Bay, of Lynnhaven Bay, of Cape Henry, and of the Capes of Virginia." To this day not many Americans have heard of it. Yet the Battle of the Virginia Capes, as it is officially called by the U.S. Office of Naval History, was one of the decisive engagements in the history of warfare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Coup de Grasse | 8/21/1964 | See Source »

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