THE OCCUPATION OF NEWPORT, 9 DECEMBER 1776
By Robert Cleveley, 1777
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In 1775 the 13 British colonies in North America rebelled against British rule and formally proclaimed their independence as the United States of America. What started as a war for America soon became a war for global maritime predominance. It differed in a [...]
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