leeward

• I found this true for many of the leeward islands of the Grenadines as well. —  doggdot.us
• His lordship established a signal to break through the enemy's line and engage on the other side to leeward, and which he executed himself in the battle of the 1st of June, 1794.' —  Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX.
• In the Trafalgar memorandum he speaks of 'leading through' and 'cutting' the line from to-leeward, and of 'cutting through' from to-windward, when he certainly meant to perform Howe's manoeuvre. —  Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX.
• [2] The ships to leeward are thereupon to exert themselves to get as expeditiously as possible into their stations in the line V. Ships which have been detached from the body of the fleet, on any separate service, are not to obey the signal for forming the line of battle, unless they have been previously called back to the fleet by signal VI. —  Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX.
• In the event of an attack having to be made from to-leeward, the idea is different. —  Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX.

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