XIII. SIR EDWARD HAWKE AND CONFLANS. A. D. 1759.

Sketch of Hawke; Succeeds the Ill-fated Admiral Byng; In Command

of a Blockading Squadron at Brest; Meets the French Fleet Under

Admiral Conflans Near Belleisle; The Latter Inferior in Strength

and Numbers; A Gale Arises During the Fight and Many Injured

French Vessels Wrecked; The Latter Fleet Almost Entirely Disabled

and Destroyed; Honors to Hawke. I-183

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