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The French admiral was on the point of landing when Howe hove in sight, he having been hitherto deterged from so doing by a quarrel with General Sullivan as to which of them should hold the supreme command.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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