The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783

Alberoni, Cardinal, minister to Philip V. of Spain, 233;

• naval and general policy of, 234-236;
• failure of his schemes, 238;
• dismissed, 239.

Anson, British Admiral, expedition to the Pacific, 261;

• captures a French squadron, 271.

Arbuthnot, British Admiral, engagement with French fleet off the Chesapeake, 385-387.

Armed Neutrality, the, of the Baltic powers, 405.

Arnold, Benedict, treason of, 382;

• expedition to James River, 385.

Barbados, strategic value of, 348, 393, 518;

• ineffectual attempt of the French against, 469.

Barrington, British Admiral, energy of, 365;

• takes Sta. Lucia and resists an attack by superior French fleet, 366;
• second in command at battle of Grenada, 368;
• refuses the command of the Channel fleet, 404;
• a whig in politics, 500.

Battles, Land, Austerlitz, 024, 047;

• Blenheim, 213;
• Boyne, 041, 185-187;
• Camden, 382, 384;
• Ciudad Rodrigo, storming of, 475 (note);
• Jena, 047;
• Metaurus, 019, 020;
• Plassey, 306;
• Savannah, assault on, 376;
• Yorktown, capitulation of, 390.

Battles, Naval (the list of the principal naval battles, with plans, will be found on pp. xxiii, xxiv),

• Actium, 013;
• Agosta, 165;
• Boscawen and De la Clue, 299;
• Byng off Minorca, 286,
  • plan 265;
• Cape Passaro, 063, 237;
• Chesapeake. 372-374, 389, 391;
• Copenhagen, 361;
• La Hougue, 189-191,
  • plan 183;
• Lepanto, 013, 050;
• Lowestoft, 108;
• Malaga, 110, 211, 229;
• Mobile, 287, 354, 355, 361;
• Navarino, 013 (note);
• New Orleans, 354-356;
• Nile, 010, 011, 080, 081, 358, 361, 366, 533;
• Pocock and D'Aché, 307-310,
  • plan 162;
• Port Hudson, 355, 361;
• Rio de Janeiro, expedition against, 230;
• Rodney and Langara, 404, 500 (and note);
• Schoneveldt 152;
• Sta. Lucia, 366, 425, 478;
• St Vincent, 011, 356, 358, 476 (note),
  • plan 146;
• Suffren and Hughes, fifth action, 463;
• Trafalgar, 009, 011, 012, 023 (note), 024, 047, 085, 353, 354, 357, 438;
• Vigo galleons, 207.

Benbow, British Admiral,

• sent to West Indies, 207;
• treason of his captains, 207;
• killed in battle. 207.

Bickerton, British Admiral,

• conducts a powerful convoy to the East Indies, 452;
• arrived in India, 458;
• activity of, 458, 520;
• effects of arrival of, 459, 461.

Blane, Sir Gilbert, physician to British fleet, letters of, 497, 499, 500(note), 501.

Blockade,

• of French ports by English fleets, 023 (note), 030, 210, 296, 297, 383, 387, 402 (and note), 413, 525-527, 532, 533;
• of Southern coast of United States, 043, 044, 087 (note);
• Napoleon forces England to, 081;
• with consequent effect on American privateering, 137;
• definition of efficient, 085;
• dangers to United States from, 086, 087;
• offensive and defensive use of, 087 (note);
• declaration of the Armed Neutrality concerning, 405;
• position taken off an enemy's port not necessarily a blockade in strict sense of the word, 532.