The Influence of Sea Power upon History. Alfred Thayer Mahan
foreign policy
Domestic troubles in Great Britain
Controversies with the North American colonies
Genoa cedes Corsica to France
Dispute between England and Spain about the Falkland Islands
Choiseul dismissed
Death of Louis XV
Naval policy of Louis XVI
Characteristics of the maritime war of 1778
Instructions of Louis XVI. To the French admirals
Strength of English navy
Characteristics of the military situation in America
The line of the Hudson
Burgoyne's expedition from Canada
Howe carries his army from New York to the Chesapeake
Surrender of Burgoyne, 1777
American privateering
Clandestine support of the Americans by France
Treaty between France and the Americans
Vital importance of the French fleet to the Americans
The military situation in the different quarters of the globe
Breach between France and England
Sailing of the British and French fleets
Battle of Ushant, 1778
Position of a naval commander-in-chief in battle
D'Estaing sails from Toulon for Delaware Bay, 1778
British ordered to evacuate Philadelphia
Rapidity of Lord Howe's movements
D'Estaing arrives too late
Follows Howe to New York
Fails to attack there and sails for Newport
Howe follows him there
Both fleets dispersed by a storm
D'Estaing takes his fleet to Boston
Howe's activity foils D'Estaing at all points
D'Estaing sails for the West Indies
The English seize Sta. Lucia
Ineffectual attempts of D'Estaing to dislodge them
D'Estaing captures Grenada
Naval battle of Grenada, 1779; English ships crippled
D'Estaing fails to improve his advantages
Reasons for his neglect
French naval policy
English operations in the Southern States
D'Estaing takes his fleet to Savannah
His fruitless assault on Savannah
D'Estaing returns to France
Fall of Charleston
De Guichen takes command in the West Indies
Rodney arrives to command English fleet
His military character
First action between Rodney and De Guichen, 1780
Breaking the line
Subsequent movements of Rodney and De Guichen
Rodney divides his fleet
Goes in person to New York
De Guichen returns to France
Arrival of French forces in Newport
Rodney returns to the West Indies
War between England and Holland
Disasters to the United States in 1780
De Grasse sails from Brest for the West Indies, 1781
Engagement with English fleet off Martinique.
Cornwallis overruns the Southern States
He retires upon Wilmington, N. C., and thence to Virginia
Arnold on the James River
The French fleet leaves Newport to intercept Arnold
Meets the English fleet off the Chesapeake, 1781
French fleet returns to Newport
Cornwallis occupies Yorktown
De Grasse sails from Hayti for the Chesapeake
Action with the British fleet, 1781
Surrender of Cornwallis, 1781
Criticism of the British naval operations
Energy and address shown by De Grasse
Difficulties of Great Britain's position in the war of 1778.
The military policy best fitted to cope with them
Position of the French squadron in Newport, R. I., 1780.
Great Britain's defensive position and inferior numbers.
Consequent necessity for a vigorous initiative
Washington's opinions as to the influence of Sea Power on the American contest
Chapter XI: Maritime War in Europe, 1779–1782.
Objectives of the allied operations in Europe
Spain declares war against England
Allied fleets enter the English Channel, 1779
Abortive issue of the cruise
Rodney sails with supplies for Gibraltar
Defeats the Spanish squadron of Langara and relieves the place
The allies capture a great British convoy
The armed neutrality of the Baltic powers, 1780
England declares war against Holland
Gibraltar is revictualled by Admiral Derby
The allied fleets again in the Channel, 1781
They retire without effecting any damage to England
Destruction of a French convoy for the West Indies
Fall of Port Mahon, 1782
The allied fleets assemble at Algesiras
Grand attack of the allies on Gibraltar, which fails, 1782
Lord Howe succeeds in revictualling Gibraltar
Action between his fleet and that of the allies
Conduct