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Admiral Byng's defence, as presented by him, and read in the Court January 18, 1757, on board his Majesty's ship St. George, in Portsmouth Harbour. : Containing a very particular account of the action on the 20th of May, 1756, off Cape Mola, between the British and French fleet, and the whole proceedings of his Majesty's fleet during the six days it was off Minorca

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Publication date: MDCCLVII. [1757]
Call number: 132277
Creator: Byng, John (1704-1757)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 21 cm (8vo)
Associated people: Baldwin, R. (1737-1810,); Lacy, J., (active 1755-1765,); Cooper, Mary, (-1761,); Langford, J., (active 1756-1765,)
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