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... forces in Ireland were less an organized army than bands of men who had been recruited locally in England and were now ill - paid , ill - clad for the climate and often hungry . The pattern of recruitment was still not very different ...
... forces in Ireland were less an organized army than bands of men who had been recruited locally in England and were now ill - paid , ill - clad for the climate and often hungry . The pattern of recruitment was still not very different ...
Page 39
... forces in action or at call . She improved her naval forces in design and strength . The spirit of the age of discovery and the tradition of seamanship worked in her favour . But the real strength lay in private enterprise , the ...
... forces in action or at call . She improved her naval forces in design and strength . The spirit of the age of discovery and the tradition of seamanship worked in her favour . But the real strength lay in private enterprise , the ...
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... Forces to the Netherlands in 1585 he there got himself elected Lord Governor to the Estates General , but Elizabeth , enraged , recalled him . He urged the exe- cution of Mary Queen of Scots and was commander of the armies at the time ...
... Forces to the Netherlands in 1585 he there got himself elected Lord Governor to the Estates General , but Elizabeth , enraged , recalled him . He urged the exe- cution of Mary Queen of Scots and was commander of the armies at the time ...
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