This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1826 Excerpt: ...the only fleet that he possessed being absent on a distant expedition. In the year 1666, to the surprise of both friends and enemies, thirty-six ships of war and fifteen fire-ships appeared in the Mediterranean; fourteen ships of war and five fire-ships in the Atlantic. In 1672, he possessed sixty ships of the line and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1826 Excerpt: ...the only fleet that he possessed being absent on a distant expedition. In the year 1666, to the surprise of both friends and enemies, thirty-six ships of war and fifteen fire-ships appeared in the Mediterranean; fourteen ships of war and five fire-ships in the Atlantic. In 1672, he possessed sixty ships of the line and forty frigates. In 1681, his navy consisted of one hundred and ninety-eight ships of war, including tenders; and thirty gallies were armed, or ready to be fitted out at Toulon. The number of men enrolled for different classes of naval service, consisted of one hundred and sixty-six thousand; eleven thousand regular troops were employed on board the ships; a thousand of the nobles or gentry served, or were learning to serve, in the sea service. In 1681 d'Estres was made a marshal, being the first naval officer who ever held that rank in France Such was the state of the navy when Colbert died; and the conduct of the officers and seamen in the actions in which they were engaged, did not disappoint the anxiety of the minister and the hopes of the monarch. But the fatal battle of La Hogue, in 1692, damped the spirits still more than it diminished the force of the marine; and nearly a century elapsed before the navy of France became again formidable to England. The attention of Colbert was likewise turned to the state of the-ports. He made arsenals at Brest, Toulon, Dunkirk, and Havre de Grace. As France was in want of ports on the coast of the Channel, and of the Ocean, he built a port, town, and arsenal at Rochefort. In his improvements of the interior of his king-Interior dom, Lewis, and his. minister Colbert, showed a great portion of their usual activity. New roads were made, and the plans laid down for those large, but somewhat ostentatious, ...
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