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Updated: June 5, 2025
Then, too, I rowed by the whole armada while on my way to Salamis. I have eyes. The moon was shining. I was not mistaken.” “Do you know where rides the trireme of Ariabignes, Xerxes’s admiral-in-chief?” “Off the entrance to Peiræus. It is easy to find her. She is covered with lights.” “Ah! and the Egyptian squadron is on the extreme right and closest to Salamis?” “Very close.”
The Duke of York was the English admiral-in-chief, D'Estrées the French commander, and they had a united force of ninety ships. The Dutch, who had the wind-gauge, found the hostile squadrons separated from one another. De Ruyter at once took advantage of this.
On the announcement to Parliament of the Princess Royal's approaching marriage, the House of Commons voted in a manner gratifying to the Queen and the Prince a dowry of forty thousand, with an annuity of eight thousand a year to the Princess. At Osborne the Queen had a flying visit from one of her recent enemies, the Archduke Constantine, the Admiral-in-Chief of the Russian navy.
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