Napoleon, 43-44, 54, 68, 77, 79, 85, 98, 251, 257-58, 338; methods, 19-23, 25, 27-28, 46-48, 65, 141, 144, 157, 183, 210, 237-38, 240-41; views on naval warfare, 56, 143, 179, 181, 191, 236; his Russian campaign, 47, 52; on "pygmy combinations," 67; his conversion, 68-70 Narrow seas, 127, 202 Nelson, Admiral Lord, 119, 125-26, 226, 317, 322, 336; his influence, 161-63, 217; his use of cruisers, 113-15, 117; on defensive fleet operations, 223-24, 227; on blockade, 184, 186, 198-99, 208; his strategy, 136, 139, 141-42, 199, 238, 281 New Model Army, 157, 176 Ney, Marshal Michael, 29 Nile, 180 Norris, Admiral Sir John, 237-38, 246, 249, 253, 281 North Sea, 69, 127, 139, 145, 150, 179, 195-96, 199, 207, 225, 263 Nottingham, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 216-17
Observation squadrons, 125 Offence, theory of, 31-36, 39-40 Orde, Admiral Sir John, 223 Orvilliers, Admiral Comte de, 256
Palermo, 121 Paris, Declaration of, 96, 267 Parma, Prince Alexander Farnese, Duke of, 171-73, 241, 243-44 Pe-chi-li, Gulf of, 73, 302 Persano, Admiral, 293-94 Philip II, 239 Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 63-64, 84, 300, 327 Plymouth, 171, 173, 190, 214, 220, 248, 256 Pola, 293-94 Port Arthur, 80, 82-85, 170, 202, 204-205, 227-31, 290-92, 322, 340 Portsmouth, 195, 214, 224, 248-49, 253 Portugal, 65, 80, 195, 317, 323, 336 Privateering, 266-68 Prussia, 23, 49-50, 64 Puerto Rico, 168
Quebec, 285, 289, 301-302 Quiberon, 105, 180, 192, 253, 324
Raglan, General Lord, 301 "Real War," 25 Revolution, French, 19, 65 Rochefort, 139, 141, 182, 235, 250, 300, 312, 332 Rodney, Admiral Sir George B., 5, 144, 194 Roquefeuille, Admiral Marquis de, 247-51 Ross, Admiral John, 147, 149 Rupert, Prince, 135-36, 157 Russell, Admiral Edward, 225 Ruyter, Admiral de, 135-37
St. Helena, 277 St. James's fight, 177-78 St. Vincent, Admiral Sir John, 179, 194, 196, 272, 288, 290, 296 St. Vincent, Cape, 139, 182 San Domingo, 291, 301 Santa Cruz, Marquess of, 239 Santiago, 169, 322 Sampson, Admiral, 168, 322, 344 Sandwich, Admiral, the Earl of, 121 Sardinia, 139, 207 Saunders, Admiral Sir Charles, 289, 301 Saxe, Marshal, 247-50 Saxony, 54-55, 80 Scilly, 39, 149-50, 255 Sebastopol, 80, 285, 291 Seoul, 82, 85, 290, 303 Sharnhorst, General Gerhard von, 23 Shovel, Admiral Sir Cloudesley, 213-14, 224, 286 Sicily, 65, 207 Silesia, 46, 55 Skelligs, the, 150 Smyrna convoy, 225 Sole Bay, 38 Spanish Armada, 159-60, 172-74, 227, 243, 245, 255 Spithead, 135, 146, 192, 248 Stakelberg, General, 302-303 Strachan, Admiral Sir Richard, 125-26 Strategy, naval and maritime, 15; major and minor, 308-309, 327-28