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Some Principles of Maritime Strategy

Part 2 — INDEX

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Abercromby, General Sir Ralph, 290, 296

Absolute War, 25, 42-44

Alexandria, 289

Alsace-Lorraine, 51-52, 55

Ambleteuse, 251

Amherst, General Lord, 285

Anglo-Japanese Treaty, 79

Anson, Admiral Lord, 110-12, 118, 189, 290

Antwerp, 69

Armada, Spanish, 159-60, 172-74, 227, 243, 245, 255

Articles of War, 176

Austerlitz Campaign, 21, 53

Bacon, Sir Francis, 58

Baltic Fleet, 81, 170, 285, 327

Baltic trade, 263

Barcelona, 286

Barham, Admiral Sir Charles Middleton, 118, 142-44, 151, 162-63, 183, 199, 207, 254, 297

Barraille, Admiral, 249-51

Barrington, Admiral Samuel, 146-47

Batz, Isle de, 179, 290

Beachy Head, 218

Belgium, 50-52, 55

Belleisle, Marechal de, 295, 332

Belleisle, 312

Berry, Captain Sir Edward, 238

Biscay, Bay of, 139, 142, 263

Black Sea, 285

Blake, Colonel Robert, 176

Blockade, method of, 102, 121, 183-86, 235, 244, 252, 256-58, 260-62, 269, 272, 284, 341;

ethics of, 39;

tactical and strategic, 97;

insecurity of, 119;

close and open, 97, 184, 187-91, 193-94, 197-201, 205, 207-208, 240, 250, 292, 295-97, 321, 340;

theory of, 142, 163, 169, 175, 202-204, 242, 287-88, 322

Blücher, Field Marshal Gebhard von, 23

Boscawen, Admiral Edward, 189, 252, 320, 328, 339

Boulogne, 251

Brest, 141, 145, 147-48, 162, 179, 189, 193-97, 201-202, 208, 235-36, 248-49, 252-53, 290, 296, 323

Bruix, Admiral, 140

Byng, Admiral Sir George, 163

Cadiz, 134-40, 143, 146, 148, 179, 186, 213, 227, 264, 323

Caemmerer, General von, 76-77

Calder, Admiral Sir Robert, 163, 183

Canada, 54, 56-57, 81, 189, 210, 312, 328, 332

Cape Clear, 272

Caribbean Sea, 144

Carkett, Captain Robert, 4

Cartagena, 264

Channel Islands, 140, 253

Charles II of England, 179

Charles of Austria, 21, 54, 69

Chateaurenault, Admiral Comte de, 213-14

Chatham, 177, 215, 227

Cherbourg, 253

Christian, Admiral Sir Hugh, 296

Cienfuegos, 169, 344

Clausewitz, General Karl von, 79-80, 85, 330-31;

theory, 25, 27-29, 41-46, 51-56, 60-61, 73-74, 76-77, 311, 341;

his service, 23-24;

On War, 24, 44;

his war plans, 44

Colpoys, Admiral Sir John, 196

Command at sea, theory of, 91-106, 165-66

Commerce prevention, 95

Communications, maritime, 94, 165, 315-16, 335;

common theory of, 100-102, 118

Conflans, Admiral Comte de, 192, 252-53, 320, 339

Copenhagen, 68

Cornwallis, Admiral Sir William, 143, 162, 181, 183, 197-200

Coruña, 173

Cotton, Admiral Sir Charles, 181

Covering squadron, 283, 286-88, 291

Craig's expedition, 67

Crimea, 57, 62, 81, 258, 285-87, 300

Cromwell, 20, 22, 157, 163, 176

Cuba, 57, 103, 168, 313, 332

Curieux, 182

Dalny, 229

Dardanelles, 68, 139

Davout, Louis-Nicolas, 23

Deane, Colonel Richard, 176

Declaration of Paris, 96, 267

Dettingen, 246

Dogger Bank, 158

Downs, the, 139-40, 146, 176, 198, 214, 249-50, 253, 263

Drake, Sir Francis, 39, 159-60, 171, 173-74, 227, 244, 291, 301

Dumouriez, General, 254, 257

Dundas, Admiral Sir James, 286, 291

Dungeness, 176, 199

Dunkirk, 225, 237, 244, 246-50, 252-53

Duquesne, Admiral Abraham, 121

Egypt, 237-38, 240

Elliot Islands, 37

Ferrol, 139, 141, 266, 323

Finisterre, Cape, 101, 106, 139-40, 253, 256, 272

Flanders, 171, 246

Frederick the Great, 21-22, 36, 46, 54-55, 63-64, 66-67, 80, 157, 327

Gallipoli, 285

Ganteaume, Admiral Comte, 191, 197-98, 202, 236

Gardner, Admiral Lord, 197-98

Gibraltar, 34, 105, 139, 141, 145-46, 213, 264, 272, 318, 323, 337, 344

Gneisenau, Field Marshal August von, 23

Goltz, General von der, 75, 97

Guichen, Admiral Comte de, 146, 223

Hanover, 64, 246

Hardy, Admiral Sir Charles, 253-57

Havana, 57, 169

Havre, 252-53, 263

Hawke, Admiral Sir Edward, 104, 189-90, 192, 196, 235, 252-53, 320, 339

Henry VIII, 108-110

Holland, 65, 195

Howe, Admiral Earl, 144, 147-50, 190-191, 194, 204, 206-207

Howard of Effingham, Admiral Lord, 171, 173-74, 244

Iberian Peninsula, 56, 61-62, 64, 69-71, 105

India, 101

Ireland, 194, 196, 213, 215, 225-26, 240, 253, 255, 257, 263, 282

Jamaica, 142, 144, 149, 182, 207

Jervis, Sir John, 223, 296

Jomini, General Baron de, 28-30, 42, 45-47, 51-52, 56, 60, 74, 85

Kamimura, Admiral, 170

Keith, Admiral Lord, 236, 289

Kempenfelt, Admiral Richard, 137, 146-48, 150, 192-94, 196, 206, 220, 222-24, 227, 254, 257, 260

Killigrew, Admiral Henry, 213-15, 219, 224

Korea, 34, 57, 79-80, 82-85

Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Prince, 75

Kuantung Peninsula, 290

Lagos, 252

La Hogue, 180, 324, 344

Langara, Admiral Don Juan, 148-49

Leghorn, 264

Leith, 263

Liaotung Peninsula, 37, 73, 287, 292

Liao-yang, 82, 85

Light squadrons, 125

Ligonier, General Lord, 70

Limited War, 41, 46, 51-59, 72-87, 313

Lisbon, 68, 173

Lissa, 36, 179, 293

Lizard, the, 150, 256

Louisburg, 285, 287

Lyons, Admiral Sir Edmund, 285-86

Mack, General, 21

Mahan, Admiral, 131n, 169, 344

Maitland, General, 295

Malta, 139, 264

Manchuria, 79, 82, 258, 290, 313, 318, 329

Maria Theresa, 246

Marlborough, John, Duke of, 64

Maxims: "Conquest of water territory," 93;

"Enemy's coast our frontier," 93;

"Eyes of the fleet," 112, 117, 120-21;

"Fleet in being," 224, 231;

"The sea is all one," 103;

"Seeking out the enemy's fleet," 102, 156, 161, 164, 167-68,

170-71, 174, 180, 203, 324, 344-45

Medina-Sidonia, Duke of, 244, 249

Mediterranean, 95, 101, 108, 113-14, 119, 125, 139-40, 143, 179, 182, 198, 207, 218, 223, 247, 252, 264, 285, 322, 337

Medway, 38, 217

Melville, Lord, 199-200

Middleton. See Barham

Minorca, 34, 145, 330

Moltke, General von, 27, 51, 55, 73-74

Monk, George, Duke of Albemarle, 135-37, 157, 176-77

Montecuculi, Prince, 24

Montcalm, General Marquis de, 302

Morbihan, 235, 252-53

Mukden, 83

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

Tegetthoff, Admiral, 36, 293-94

Texel, the, 139, 146-47, 150, 197

Thames, the, 135-38, 214, 217, 247-48, 268

Theory of war, 15-30, 107-52

Tilbury, 247

Togo, Admiral, 84, 170, 202, 207, 290, 292, 303, 319, 322-24, 338

Torbay, 189-90, 192-93, 207

Torres Vedras, 36, 83

Torrington, Admiral Lord, 214-18, 220, 224, 226

Toulon, 69, 135, 139, 184, 198, 207-208, 213-14, 264, 266, 286, 296, 317-18, 322, 324, 337, 344

Tourville, Admiral Comte de, 213-14, 217, 219-20, 224-26

Trafalgar, 68, 118, 199, 266, 320, 324, 339

Trieste, 139

Tromp, Admiral Martin H., 175-76

Tsushima, 83, 319, 324, 338

Unlimited War, 40-51, 60-71

Ushant, 142-43, 147, 181-82, 192, 223-25, 258, 272

Utrecht, 246

Villeneuve, Admiral, 140, 142-43, 179, 182-83, 186, 197, 206, 223, 266, 338

Vladivostock, 340

Walcheren, 68-69

Warren, Commodore Sir John B., 235

Wars:

Anglo-American (1812), 119, 276;

Anglo-Dutch, 109;

Anglo-Spanish (1588), 109;

American Independence, 92, 118, 190, 193, 210, 221, 226;

Austro-Italian (1866), 36, 179, 293;

Crimean, 258, 285-88;

Franco-German (1870), 71, 79, 333;

Franco-Russian (1812), 47, 49, 51-52;

Russo-Japanese, 34, 38, 44, 51, 78-79, 84, 168, 170, 205, 303, 328-29;

Seven Years', 51, 54, 57, 63, 66, 111, 179, 189-90, 197-98, 209, 312, 320, 327-28, 332, 339;

Spanish-American, 57, 168-69, 313, 332, 344;

Spanish Succession, 34, 317, 323, 336

Wellington, Duke of, 36, 56, 61, 65, 83, 105

West Indies, 95, 140, 142-43, 182, 189-90, 197, 210, 222-23, 225, 247, 252, 255, 266-67, 285, 296

Western Squadron, 42, 181, 193, 252, 263, 266

Wight, Isle of, 136, 214, 249, 253, 257

Wolfe, General, 70, 200, 285, 301-302

Yalu, 85

Yarmouth, 263

Yellow Sea, 340

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