Discussion of the elements of sea power
State of Europe in 1660. Second Anglo-Dutch War, 1665-1667
Battles of Lowestoft and of the Four Days
War of England and France in alliance against the United Provinces, 1672-1674. Finally, of France against combined Europe, 1674-1678. Sea battles of Solebay, the Textel, and Stromboli
English Revolution. War of the League of Augsburg, 1688-1697. Sea battles of Beachy Head and La Hougue
War of the Spanish succession, 1702-1713. Sea battle of Malaga
Regency in France. Alberoni in Spain. Policies of Walpole and Fleuri. War of the Polish Succession. English contraband trade in Spanish America
Great Britain declares war against Spain
War between Great Britain and Spain, 1739. War of the Austrian Succession, 1740. France joins Spain against Great Britain, 1744. Sea battles of Matthews, Anson, and Hawke. Peace of Aix-La-Chapelle, 1748
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763. England's overwhelming power and conquests on the seas, in North America, Europe, and East and West Indies. Sea battles: Byng off Minorca; Hawke and Conflans; Pocock and D'Ache in East Indies
Course of events from the Peace of Paris to 1778. Maritime War consequent upon the American Revolution. Sea battle off Ushant
Maritime War in North America and West Indies, 1778-1781. Its influence upon the course of the American Revolution. Fleet actions off Grenada, Dominica, and Chesapeake Bay
Maritime War in Europe, 1779-1782
Events in the East Indies, 1778-1781. Suffren sails from Brest for India, 1781. His brilliant naval campaign in the Indian Seas, 1782, 1783
Events in the West Indies after the surrender of Yorktown. Encounters of DeGrasse with Hood. Sea Battle of the Saints
Critical discussion of the Maritime War of 1778