[Illustration: SAILING SHIP. The Pilgrim Fathers crossed in a similar vessel (1620) .]
CHAPTER XII
THE SECOND AND THIRD DUTCH WARS (1665-1673)
THE MOAT
PART III
THE FRENCH WAR
CHAPTER XIII THE FIRST WAR AGAINST LOUIS XIV (1689-1697)
[Illustration: LA HOGUE, 1692.]
CHAPTER XIV
THE SECOND WAR AGAINST LOUIS XIV (1702-1713)
CHAPTER XV
WAR AGAINST FRANCE AND SPAIN (1739-1748)
[Illustration: H.M.S. Centurion engaged and took the Spanish Galleon Nuestra Senhora de Capadongo , from Acapulco bound to Manila, off Cape Espiritu Santo, Philippine Islands, June 20, 1743.]
CHAPTER XVI
PITT'S IMPERIAL WAR (1756-1763)
[Illustration: The ROYAL GEORGE ]
ON THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE Written when the news arrived (September, 1782) .
CHAPTER XVII
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1775-1783)
CHAPTER XVIII
NELSON (1798-1805)
[Illustration: NELSON]
[Illustration: FIGHTING THE GUNS ON THE MAIN DECK, 1782.]
[Illustration: THE BLOWING UP OF L'ORIENT DURING THE BATTLE OF THE NILE.]
[Illustration: THE BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN, APRIL 2nd, 1801. (Note the British line ahead.) ]
[Illustration: The VICTORY . Nelson's Flagship at Trafalgar, launched in 1765, and still used as the flagship in Portsmouth Harbour.]
[Illustration: TRAFALGAR. 21st October, 1805.]
[Illustration: MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR. (Reproduced by permission from the model at the Royal United Service Institution.) ]
CHAPTER XIX
"1812"
[Illustration: THE SHANNON AND THE CHESAPEAKE .]
HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM THE SEA
YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND
SEA-FEVER
O, FALMOUTH IS A FINE TOWN
"FAREWELL AND ADIEU"
BOOK III
THE AGE OF STEAM AND STEEL
PART I A CENTURY OF CHANGE (1814-1914)
CHAPTER XX A CENTURY OF BRITISH-FRENCH-AMERICAN PEACE (1815-1914)
CHAPTER XXI
A CENTURY OF MINOR BRITISH WARS (1815-1914)
[Illustration: THE ROYAL WILLIAM . Canadian built; the first boat to cross any ocean steaming the whole way (1833) , the first steamer in the world to fire a shot in action (May 5, 1836) .]
PART II
THE GREAT WAR (1914-1918)
CHAPTER XXII THE HANDY MAN
THE HAPPY WARRIOR
CHAPTER XXIII
FIFTY YEARS OF WARNING (1864-1914)
HYMN BEFORE ACTION
CHAPTER XXIV
WAR (1914-1915)
[Illustration: BATTLESHIP.]
