PART II

SEA POWER IN HISTORY 15. A NATION EXHAUSTED BY ISOLATION 137

France under Louis XIV 137

16. THE GROWTH OF BRITISH SEA POWER 141

England after the Peace of Utrecht, 1715 141

17. RESULTS OF THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR 147

18. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FORMALISM IN NAVAL TACTICS 155

19. THE NEW TACTICS 159

Rodney and De Guichen, April 17, 1780 159

20. SEA POWER IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 164

Graves and De Grasse off the Chesapeake 164

21. THE FRENCH NAVY DEMORALIZED BY THE REVOLUTION 171

22. HOWE’S VICTORY OF JUNE 1, 1794 175

23. NELSON’S STRATEGY AT COPENHAGEN 184

24. ENGLAND’S FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE 191

25. THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR 196

“The Nelson Touch” 200

The Battle 208

Commerce Warfare after Trafalgar 223

26. GENERAL STRATEGY OF THE WAR OF 1812 229

Results of the Northern Campaign 235

27. LESSONS OF THE WAR WITH SPAIN 241

The Possibilities of a “Fleet in Being” 241

28. THE SANTIAGO BLOCKADE 250

29. “FLEET IN BEING” AND “FORTRESS FLEET” 256

The Port Arthur Squadron in the Russo-Japanese War 256

Divided Forces 269

30. ROZHESTVENSKY AT TSUSHIMA 276

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