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This action, in which English sea and land forces were only 

 partially successful, against a French invading fleet, had con- 

 siderable influence on British nai'al history. The wreck of the 

 foundered Mary Rose is seen just over the tower in the centre. 

 The above engraving, by James Basire, is from a coeval painting 

 ■which was formerly at Cowdray, in Sussex, but is no longer in 

 existence. 



(Lent by Mr. I. H. Parker) 



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