The Influence of Sea Power upon History. Alfred Thayer Mahan
personality in Europe
His policy
Colbert's administrative acts
Second Anglo-Dutch War, 1665
Battle of Lowestoft, 1665
Fire-ships, compared with torpedo-cruisers
The group formation
The order of battle for sailing-ships
The Four Days' Battle, 1666
Military merits of the opposing fleets
Soldiers commanding fleets, discussion
Ruyter in the Thames, 1667
Peace of Breda, 1667
Military value of commerce-destroying
Aggressions of Louis XIV. on Spanish Netherlands
Policy of the United Provinces
Triple alliance between England, Holland, and Sweden
Anger of Louis XIV
Leibnitz proposes to Louis to seize Egypt
His memorial
Bargaining between Louis XIV. and Charles II.
The two kings declare war against the United Provinces
Military character of this war
Naval strategy of the Dutch
Tactical combinations of De Ruyter
Inefficiency of Dutch naval administration
Battle of Solebay, 1672
Tactical comments
Effect of the battle on the course of the war
Land campaign of the French in Holland
Murder of John De Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland
Accession to power of William of Orange
Uneasiness among European States
Naval battles off Schoneveldt, 1673
Naval battle of the Texel, 1673
Effect upon the general war
Equivocal action of the French fleet
General ineffectiveness of maritime coalitions
Military character of De Ruyter
Coalition against France
Peace between England and the United Provinces
Sicilian revolt against Spain
Battle of Stromboli, 1676
Illustration of Clerk's naval tactics
De Ruyter killed off Agosta
England becomes hostile to France
Sufferings of the United Provinces
Peace of Nimeguen, 1678
Effects of the war on France and Holland
Notice of Comte D'Estrees
Chapter V: War of the Spanish Succession, 1702–1713. Sea Battle of Malaga.
Failure of the Spanish line of the House of Austria
King of Spain wills the succession to the Duke of Anjou
Death of the King of Spain
Louis XIV. accepts the bequests
He seizes towns in Spanish Netherlands
Offensive alliance between England, Holland, and Austria
Declarations of war
The allies proclaim Carlos III. King of Spain
Affair of the Vigo galleons
Portugal joins the allies
Character of the naval warfare
Capture of Gibraltar by the English
Naval battle of Malaga, 1704
Decay of the French navy
Progress of the land war
Allies seize Sardinia and Minorca
Disgrace of Marlborough
England offers terms of peace
Peace of Utrecht, 1713
Terms of the peace
Results of the war to the different belligerents
Commanding position of Great Britain
Sea Power dependent upon both commerce and naval strength
Peculiar position of France as regards Sea Power
Depressed condition of France
Commercial prosperity of England
Ineffectiveness of commerce-destroying
Duguay-Trouin's expedition against Rio de Janeiro, 1711
War between Russia and Sweden
Death of Queen Anne and Louis XIV
Accession of George I
Regency of Philip of Orleans
Administration of Alberoni in Spain
Spaniards invade Sardinia
Alliance of Austria, England, Holland, and France
Spaniards invade Sicily
Destruction of Spanish navy off Cape Passaro, 1718
Failure and dismissal of Alberoni
Spain accepts terms
Great Britain interferes in the Baltic
Death of Philip of Orleans
Administration of Fleuri in France
Growth of French commerce
France in the East Indies
Troubles between England and Spain
English contraband trade in Spanish America
Illegal search of English ships
Walpole's struggles to preserve peace
War of the Polish Succession
Creation of the Bourbon kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Bourbon family compact
France