Signals and instructions, 1776-1794 : with addenda to vol. 29

Signals and instructions, 1776-1794 : with addenda to vol. 29

[London] Navy Records Society 1908

xv, 403 p. ; 24 cm.

359.4 C789si, 1908

(OCoLC)01972392

Contents: General introduction -- Lord Howe, North American station, 1776-8 -- Kempenfelt's first instructions, 1779-80 -- Kempenfelt's signals and explanatory instructions, with Howe's modifications, 1781-2 -- The regular additional instructions, 1778 -- North American station, 1779-82, Arbuthnot, Graves, and Digby -- The last form of the General and Additional fighting instructions, with ms. additions of Rodney, Pigot, and Hood, 1781-3 -- Lord Howe's instructions, 1790-94 --Appendices: A. Additional instructions of the Seven Years' War. B. Rodney's landing instructions, 1761-2. C. Addenda to v. 29. 'Fighting instructions, 1530-1816'. D. Breaking the line. E. Bibliography I. English works on naval tactics, 1750-1850. F. Bibliography II. Instructions and signal books, 1650-1830.
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Libray has another copy (L2011F17): Corbett's own copy with annotations; included letters moved to case file (letter from L.G. Carr Laughton drawing his attention to a 1777 issue of Sailing and Fighting Instructions; letters from Admiral W.H. Fawkes congratulating him on the book "which will add greatly to the importance of the Navy Records' work" and offering information on a couple of instructions in his own collection)

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