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The execution of Admiral Byng on board the Monarch. Admiral John Byng, c.1704 1757. British Royal Navy officer who was court-martialled and executed by firing squad for failing to relieve a besieged British garrison during the Battle of Minorca at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. From Cassell's Illustrated History of England, published c.1890.

The execution of Admiral Byng on board the Monarch. Admiral John Byng, c.1704 1757. British Royal Navy officer who was court-martialled and executed by firing squad for failing to relieve a besieged British garrison during the Battle of Minorca at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. From Cassell's Illustrated History of England, published c.1890.
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The execution of Admiral Byng on board the Monarch. Admiral John Byng, c.1704 1757. British Royal Navy officer who was court-martialled and executed by firing squad for failing to relieve a besieged British garrison during the Battle of Minorca at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. From Cassell's Illustrated History of England, published c.1890.
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