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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
  by: Byng, John
  Published: (1757)
• 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 fleets, and the whole Proceedings of his Majesty's Fleet during the Six Days it was off Minorca
  by: Byng, John
  Published: (1757)
• The genuine tryal of Admiral Byng : on board the St. George in Portsmouth Harbour; for an enquiry into his conduct while he commanded the Fleet in the Mediterranean, and particularly in the engagement on the 20th of May 1756, off Minorca. With the admiral's defence and sentence of death, as pronounced by the President of the court-martial. And also, An Account of his Behaviour after Sentence was passed upon him, and at the Time of Execution. - With some Account of his Family, and the brave Actions done by his Father, Lord Viscount Torrington, Rear Admiral of Great-Britain. To which are added, the most perfect account of the whole siege, noble defence and surrender of St. Philip's Fort, in the island of Minorca, by the brave General Blakeney, that has yet been Published;-With a Description of the Island, and its great Importance and Loss to Great-Britain
  by: Byng, John
  Published: (1757)
• The trial of the Honble Admiral Byng : at a court-martial held on board His Majesty's Ship the St. George, in Portsmouth harbour, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 1756, for an enquiry into his conduct, while he commanded in the Mediterranean. Together with his defence; likewise an appendix, containin all the papers read in court, and several others. Being much fuller, and more circumstantial, than the Judge-Advocate's Minutes; because containing all the occasional Speeches and Reflections made by the Members of the Court, or the Prisoner, on what was said, or passed; and each Member's Name prefixed to the Questions he proposed. Part I
  by: Byng, John
  Published: (1757)
• Minutes of the proceedings of the court martial on the trial of Admiral Byng : Held on Board his Majesty's Ship St. George, in Portsmouth Harbour; begun December 27, 1756, and continued till January 27, 1757. Containing, A Summary of the Evidence as delivered each Day in Court, methodically digested, and the Proofs and Arguments as well for as against him, sairly and impartially stated. To which is added, an explanation of the signals made by the commander in chief in an Engagement. Likewise the two letters of M. Voltaire, and Marshal D. Righlieu, to Mr. Byng. With general Observations on the whole
  by: Byng, John
  Published: (1757)