Rooke Sentence Examples

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  • There are many local German names of the same origin, such as Rooke, Rouch, Ruch and others, but the bird is generally known in Germany as the Saat-Krdhe, i.e.

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  • Rooke's Journal for 1700-2 has been printed by the Navy Record Society.

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  • In 1702 a combined British and Dutch fleet under Sir George Rooke and the duke of Ormonde destroyed a Franco-Spanish fleet in the bay, and captured treasure to the value of about i 3 000,000; numerous attempts have been made to recover the larger quantity of treasure which was supposed, on doubtful evidence, to have been sunk during the battle.

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  • Spain, Gibraltar was captured by Rooke (1704) and Barcelona by Peterborough (1705).

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