导读
  PREFACE.
  INTRODUCTORY.
CHAPTER I.
  DISCUSSION OF THE ELEMENTS OF SEA POWER.
CHAPTER II.
  STATE OF EUROPE IN 1660.- SECOND ANGLO-
  DUTCH WAR, 1665-1667. - SEA BATTLES OF
  LOWESTOFT AND OF THE FOUR DAYS.
CHAPTER III.
  WAR OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE IN ALLIANCE
  AGAINST THE UNITED PROVINCES, 1672-1674. -
  FINALLY, OF FRANCE AGAINST COMBINED EUROPE,
  1674-1678. - SEA BATTLES OF SOLEBAY, THE TEXEL,
  AND STROMBOLI.
CHAPTER IV.
  ENGLISH REVOLUTION. - WAR OF THE LEAGUE OF
  AUGSBURG, 1688-1697. - SEA BATTLES OF BEACHY
  HEAD AND LA HOUGUE.
CHAPTER V.
  WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION, 1702-1713. - SEA
  BATTLE OF MALAGA.
CHAPTER VI.
  THE REGENCY IN FRANCE. - ALBERONI IN
  SPAIN.-POLICIES OF WALPOLE AND FLEURI.-
  WAR OF THE POLISH SUCCESSION. - ENGLISH
  CONTRABAND TRADE IN SPANISH AMERICA. -
  GREAT BRITAIN DECLARES WAR AGAINST
  SPAIN. - 1715-1739.
CHAPTER VII.
  WAR BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND SPAIN,
  1739. - WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION, 1740.
  - FRANCE JOINS SPAIN AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN,
  1744. - SEA BATTLES OF MATTHEWS, ANSON, AND
  HAWKE. - PEACE OF AIX-LA  CHAPELLE, 1748.
CHAPTER VIII.
  SEVEN YEARS' WAR, 1756-1763. - ENGLAND'S
  OVERWHELMING POWER AND CONQUESTS ON THE
  SEAS, IN NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE, AND EAST AND
  WEST INDIES. - SEA BATTLES: BYNG OFF MINORCA;
  HAWKE AND CONFLANS; POCOCK AND D'ACHé IN
  EAST INDIES.
CHAPTER IX.
  COURSE OF EVENTS FROM THE PEACE OF PARIS
  TO 1778. - MARITIME WAR CONSEQUENT UPON
  THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. - SEA BATTLE OFF
  USHANT.
CHAPTER X.
  MARITIME WAR IN NORTH AMERICA AND WEST
  INDIES, 1778–1781. - ITS INFLUENCE UPON THE
  COURSE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. -
  FLEET ACTIONS OFF GRENADA, DOMINICA, AND
  CHESAPEAKE BAY.
CHAPTER XI.
  MARITIME WAR IN EUROPE, 1779–1782.
CHAPTER XII.
  EVENTS IN THE EAST INDIES, 1778-1781. - SUFFREN
  SAILS FROM BREST, 1781. - HIS BRILLIANT NAVAL
  CAMPAIGN IN THE INDIAN SEAS, 1782, 1783.
CHAPTER XIII.
  EVENTS IN THE WEST INDIES AFTER THE
  SURRENDER OF YORKTOWN.- ENCOUNTERS OF
  DE GRASSE WITH HOOD. - THE SEA BATTLE OF
  THE SAINTS. - 1781, 1782.
CHAPTER XIV.
  CRITICAL DISCUSSION OF THE MARITIME WAR OF
  1778.
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