Reports of Committees: 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volum 4 |
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Pàgina 34
... commands the present Fort Se- wall ( which will be superseded by the new work ) and on the south the position of Jack's ... command over George's island , and filling up the Broad Sound channel so as to leave no pas- sage for ships - of ...
... commands the present Fort Se- wall ( which will be superseded by the new work ) and on the south the position of Jack's ... command over George's island , and filling up the Broad Sound channel so as to leave no pas- sage for ships - of ...
Pàgina 36
... command over the blockading operations of an enemy will be apparent when it is considered that the only harbors of refuge he will have will be Dela- ware , Gardiner's , and Buzzard's bays . Fifth . This harbor is the connecting link of ...
... command over the blockading operations of an enemy will be apparent when it is considered that the only harbors of refuge he will have will be Dela- ware , Gardiner's , and Buzzard's bays . Fifth . This harbor is the connecting link of ...
Pàgina 65
... commands the approaches to the country , or whose posses- sion would give much superiority to an invading or defensive force . În fact , the division is , in both cases , an artificial line through much of its extent , and a portion of ...
... commands the approaches to the country , or whose posses- sion would give much superiority to an invading or defensive force . În fact , the division is , in both cases , an artificial line through much of its extent , and a portion of ...
Pàgina 70
... command little more than the position it actually occupied . The system of fortifications adopted in Europe is not ap- plicable to our condition . There military movements must be made upon great avenues of communication , natural or ...
... command little more than the position it actually occupied . The system of fortifications adopted in Europe is not ap- plicable to our condition . There military movements must be made upon great avenues of communication , natural or ...
Pàgina 73
... command the entrance into the Chesapeake ; nor is Hampton roads the only safe anchorage for a hostile fleet . Their possession , therefore , does not exclude an enemy from these waters , though they will compel him to resort to less ...
... command the entrance into the Chesapeake ; nor is Hampton roads the only safe anchorage for a hostile fleet . Their possession , therefore , does not exclude an enemy from these waters , though they will compel him to resort to less ...
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