Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 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 FOR INDIA, 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
- INDEX
- Plate section
CHAPTER XIV - CRITICAL DISCUSSION OF THE MARITIME WAR OF 1778
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 October 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 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 FOR INDIA, 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
- INDEX
- Plate section
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- The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783 , pp. 505 - 542Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1889