Maddalena Bay, Nelson's base at, 143

Mahan, Admiral, on commerce at sea, 98, 99; on a fleet in being, 31, 43; on a fortress fleet, 47, 55; on Hannibal's pa.s.sage of the Alps, 61; on Nelson, 48, 123; on territorial expansion, 52

Maida, Battle of, 66

Makaroff, Admiral, 47, 59

Manchuria, 59; j.a.panese successes in, 55

Maria Theresa, 80

Mary, Queen, her orders to Torrington, 40, 44

Mathews, his action off Toulon, 80; in the Mediterranean, 83, 84

Medina Sidonia, and the Armada, 79

Mediterranean, the, England's position in, 136, 137

Merchant vessels, conversion of into warships at sea, 101-104

Morbihan, the, troops collected in, 79

Napoleon, 30, 31; and the campaign of Trafalgar, 18, 19; his descent on Egypt, 61, 73; his ignorance of the sea, 74

Naval force, differentiation of, 111-128; distribution and supply of, 129-145

Naval strength, measure of, 129

Naval warfare, defined, 1; special characteristic of, 56; its limitations, 51; philosophy of, 145; its primary aim, 14

Nelson, 18, 32, 46, 123; his advanced squadron, 127; and Barham, 66, 67; his base at Maddalena Bay, 143; on the blockade of Toulon, 22; on Craig's expedition, 64; evaded by Napoleon, 73; evaded by Villeneuve, 63; at Trafalgar, 60; his Trafalgar Memorandum, 126; his pursuit of Villeneuve, 37, 38

Newcastle, Duke of, 83

Nile, Battle of the, 74

Norman Conquest, the, 68, 75

Norris, Sir John, 83; in the Downs, 87; leaves the Downs, 88; and Roquefeuil at Dungeness, 89; at St Helen's, 85, 86

North Sea, concentration in, 135

Orde, Sir John, raises the blockade of Cadiz, 65

Orders in Council, the British, 100

Parma, Duke of, and the Armada, 79

Peace strategy of position, 131, 132, 136

Philippines, the, acquired by the United States, 52

Pitt, 61, 62, 63, 67

Plymouth, Killigrew at, 35

Pompey, at Pharsalus, 71, 72

Port Arthur, 27; how blockaded by Togo, 26, 143; its capture by j.a.pan, 54, 55; first j.a.panese attack on, 46; Russian fleet at, 47, 58

Pretender, the, 80

Privateering, 99, 101

Property, private, at sea, 95-97

Puerto Rico, acquired by the United States, 52

Quiberon Bay, Battle of, 79, 126

Rochefort, Allemand escapes from, 66, 67

Roquefeuil, De, at Brest, 81, 82; anchors at Dungeness, 87; puts to sea, 82; and Norris at Dungeness, 89; off the Start, 84, 86

Rozhdestvensky, at Tsu-Shima, 60

Sampson, Admiral, 46

Santiago, 46; its capture by the United States, 54

Saxe, Marshal, at Dunkirk, 81; with Baraille at Dunkirk, 88

Sea, its characteristics, 13

Sea power, 6, 10, 13, 52, 55

Sea transport, 14

Sebastopol, siege of, 6, 46

Shovel, Sir Cloudesley, 33, 35, 39, 40, 44, 78