Manila ransomed: the British assault on Manila in the Seven Years War

Manila Ransomed is the tenth volume to be published in the now well-established series Exeter Maritime Studies. The series aims to investigate and interpret not only the British maritime past but also European and international topics from the earliest times to the contemporary world

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Main Author: Tracy, Nicholas 1944- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Exeter Univ. of Exeter Press 1995
Edition:1. publ.
Series:Exeter maritime studies 10
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Summary:Manila Ransomed is the tenth volume to be published in the now well-established series Exeter Maritime Studies. The series aims to investigate and interpret not only the British maritime past but also European and international topics from the earliest times to the contemporary world
In the Seven Years War British forces developed a proficiency in combined operations which made possible the expansion of the British commercial empire around the world. In 1762 a small but technically proficient force of British Army regulars and East India Company soldiers supported by the ships and men of the East Indies Squadron of the Royal Navy, sailed from Madras to capture Manila
Commanded by General William Draper and Vice-Admiral Samuel Cornish, they captured the greatest Spanish fortress in the western Pacific and attempted to establish a trade with China
Physical Description:X, 158 S. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:0859894266

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