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Frobisher, Martin,158

Fulton, Robert,270,287; his submarine,293-295

G.

Gabbard, battle of,176

Galleon of Venice, Venetian ship,93,96,97,98,103

Galley, galleon, galleas,seeShips of War

Gallipoli Peninsula, operations on,383-385;seeDardanelles

Ganteaume, French admiral,263,265

Genoa,82,85; at war with Venice88,122,135

Germany, early commerce under Hausa,131-133; unification of,286; in Far East,320,328,330; aids Russia,335; growth of,345-347; in World War,345ff.

Gibraltar, captured by British,196; blockaded,218,227

Göben, German battle cruiser, escape of,355-357;381,411

Goodenough, British naval officer, at Heligoland Bight,352-353; at Jutland,396,401,413

Grand Fleet, British,349; strength of,350,351,369; at Jutland,386-417;432

Graves, British admiral,209-211

Gravina, Spanish admiral,266,274,277

Great Britain, in Napoleonic Wars,222-280; in War of 1812,280-285; in World War,345ff.SeeEngland.

Greece,16; at war with Persia,27-39; in Peloponnesian War,39-47;441

Greek fire,77,78,80,94,444

Grenville, Sir Richard,165

Guns, gunpowder,seeOrdnance

Gunfleet, battle of,186-188

H.

Hampton Roads, battle of,287,291-292

Hannibal,60

Hanseatic League,131-133,145

Hase, German naval officer, quoted404-407

Hawke, British admiral,198-200,227,414,416

Hawkins, John,151,152-153,158

Heath, British admiral,388

Heimskirck, Jacob van, Dutch seaman,141,142

Heligoland,227,280; battle of,297,299

Heligoland Bight, battle of,351-354,411

Hellespont,28,36

Henry, Prince, the Navigator,114,116

Henry VIII, of England,146,148

Herbert, Lord Torrington, British admiral,194,195

Hermæa, battle of,56

High Seas Fleet, of Germany,349; strength of,350; at Jutland,373,387-417; surrender of,439-440

Hindenberg, German general,420

Hipper, German admiral, at Dogger Bank,370,373; at Jutland,390-391,393,396-398,403

Hobson, U. S. naval officer,324

Hoche, French general,233

Holland,seeNetherlands

Holland, John P.,296

Hood, British admiral, at Virginia Capes,207-211; at Saints' Passage,212,215,238,239

Hood, British rear-admiral, at Jutland,388,392,397,398,401

Horton, Max, British commander,355

Hotham, British admiral,238-239

Howard, Thomas, of Effingham,158,160,178

Howe, British admiral,202; at First of June,227-232

Hudson, Henry,141

Hughes, British admiral

I.

Interior Lines, defined,28

Italy, at war with Austria,296-303; in World War,345

Ito, Japanese admiral, at the Yalu,306-308

J.

Jamaica, captured by British,181

Janissaries,89,105

Japan, at war with China,304-310; at war with Russia,330-343

Jellicoe, British admiral,350; at Jutland,387-417,437

Jervis, Earl St. Vincent, British admiral,232,234,236; character of,239-240; at Cape St. Vincent,241-244,263,295,417

Jones, Paul, American naval officer,200-201,202

Juan,seeDon Juan

Jutland, battle of,374,386-418

K.

Kamimura, Japanese admiral,334

Karlsrühe, German cruiser,355,367

Keith, British admiral,263

Kentish Knock, battle of,172

Keyes, British naval officer,352,353,433

Kiao-chau, seized by Germany,320,328,334,346,366

Kiel Canal,348,349,408

Kitchener, British general,377-379,383,384

Königsberg, German cruiser,355,367

Korea,304,310,330,343

L.

Lake, Simon,296

La Hogue, battle of,195

La Touche Tréville, French admiral,262,265

Lepanto, campaign of,100-103; battle of,103-108,148

Lepidus, Roman general,61

Leyden, siege of,139-140

Lowestoft, battle of,184-185

London, Declaration of,421

Louis XIV of France,185,189,190,191,193,195,448

Lusitania, loss of,424

M.

McGiffin, American naval officer, at the Yalu,305,307,309

Macdonough, U. S. commodore,284

Magellan, Portuguese navigator,119-121

Mahan, American naval officer, quoted,60,189,197,216,270,310,313,324,345; in Spanish-American War,321,348,443,448

Maine, U. S. battleship,314

Makaroff, Russian admiral,332

Malta,17; siege of,98,227,247,253,261,266,280,356

Manila, battle of,316-320

Marathon, battle of,28,37

Mardonius,27,37,38

Martel, Charles,82

Mary Queen of Scots,151,152

Matelieff, de Jonge, Dutch seaman,143

Medina Sidonia, Duke of,156-162,178

Merrimac, Confederate ram,290; in action withMonitor,291-292

Milne, British admiral,357

Mine barrage, in North Sea,432-433

Missiessy, French admiral,224,263

Mohammed,72,73

Mohammedans,seeArabs

Monitor, U. S. ironclad,287,290-292

Monk, British admiral,173-179,183,185-188,190,191,194

Monroe Doctrine,313,347,447

Montojo, Spanish admiral,317,319

Moore, British admiral,373

Muaviah, Emir of Syria,73-78

Mukden, battle of,335

Müller, German naval officer,367

Muza, Mohammedan general,79,82

Mycale, battle of,38

Mylæ, battle of,52-53

N.

Napoleon, quoted,222,223,224,233; in Italy,238,239; in Egypt,244-248,252; plans northern coalition,253; attempts invasion of England,261-265; instructs Villeneuve,269,270; adopts continental system,279-280,414,419,445

Naupaktis, battle of,43-45

Navarino, battle of,286

Navigation, progress in,111-112

Navigation Acts,170

Navy, British, administration of,146,150; under Commonwealth,168; training of officers for,183; at Restoration,183; in18th century,202; in French Revolutionary Wars,225; mutiny in,234-235; in War of 1812,281; size of, in World War,350.SeeEngland, Great Britain.French, in18th century,201-202; in French Revolution,223-225.SeeFrance.United States, in War of 1812,281-284; in Civil War,290-296; in World War,432-433.SeeUnited States

Nebogatoff, Russian admiral,336,342

Nelson, Horatio, British admiral,169,178,179,182,223; in Mediterranean,238-240; at Cape St. Vincent,241-244; at the Nile,244-252; at Copenhagen,252-259; in the Channel,259; in Trafalgar campaign and battle,265-270,310,360,414,415

Netherlands, at war with Hansa,132; commerce of,133,140-143,168,191,442; at war with Spain,134-140; at war with England,168,192; in War of American Revolution,200,232; in Napoleonic Wars,237,279

New York, taken by British,184,191; held by Howe,202

Nicosia, siege of,99-100

Nile, campaign of,244-248; battle of,249-252

Nore, mutiny at,234-235

North Sea Mine Barrage,seeMine Barrage

O.

Octavius, Roman emperor, at Actium,61-69

Ontario, campaign on Lake,283

Open Door Policy,330,447

Oquendo, Spanish naval officer,157

Ordnance, early types of,94; introduced on ships,146; at Armada,150; breech-loading,289; rifled,289; long range,374

Oregon, U. S. battleship, cruise of,314,315; at Santiago,326,327

P.

Panama Canal,348,362

Parker, British admiral, at Copenhagen,254-258

Parma, Duke of,135,156,158,160,162

Peloponnesian War,39-47

Penn, British admiral,174,175,181

Perry, U. S. Commodore,284

Persano, Italian admiral, at Lissa,298-303

Persia, conquers Phœnicia,20-21; at war with Greece,27-39

Pharselis, battle of,75

Philip II, of Spain,99,100,101,128,134,151,152,156,157,158,165,166

Phœnicia, commerce and colonies of,16-20,25-26; at Salamis,33-34,36,49,441,443

Phormio, Greek admiral,39-45

Platea, battle of,21,37,38

Port Arthur,307; given to Japan,310; seized by Russia,329; operations around,332-335; fall of,334,343

Portland, battle of,173-175

Portsmouth, Treaty of,343

Portugal, commerce and colonies of,114-121; decline of,143

Prevesa, battle of,96-98,103

Prussia, in Northern Coalition,253; at war with Austria,297

Ptolemy,112

Q.

"Q-ships,"431

Quiberon Bay, battle of,198-199,227

R.

Raleigh, Sir Walter,149,164

Recalde, Spanish naval officer,157

Renaissance,86,112,121

Revenge, Drake's flagship,149,158; last fight of,165

Robeck, British admiral, at Dardanelles,379

Rodman, U. S. admiral,432

Rodney, British admiral,203; at Saints' Passage,212-217

Rojdestvensky, Russian admiral, cruise of,335-339; at Tsushima,339-343

Rome, in Punic Wars,49-60; in Actium campaign,61-70; wars of Eastern Empire,71-86;441

Rooke, British admiral,196

Roosevelt, Theodore,316,324,343,347

Rosyth, British base,348,355,387

Rupert, Prince,169,185,186

Russia, in Napoleonic Wars,250,253,259,266,280; in Far East,328-330; at war with Japan,330-343, in World War,345,375,417,446

Ruyter.SeeDe Ruyter

S.

Saint Andrée, Jean Bon,228

St. Vincent, battle of Cape,223,233,241-244

St. Vincent, Earl of.SeeJervis

Saints' Passage, battle of,212-217

Salamis, battle of,21,32-39;45-47; campaign of,28-32

Salonika,385

Sampson, U. S. admiral, in Santiago campaign,320-327

San Juan de Ulna, fight at,153

Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral,102,107,155,157

Santiago, battle of,320-327

Saracens.SeeArabs

Scapa Flow, British base,348,351,355,386,432

Scheer, German admiral, at Jutland,387-411

Scheldt River,133; battle in,139; blockaded by Dutch,142,156,225,261

Scheveningen, battle of,177

Schley, U. S. naval officer, in Santiago campaign,321-323,326

Schoonevelt, battle of,189

Scott, Sir Percy, British admiral,348,410

Sea Beggars,135-137

Sea Power, preserves Greece,39; England's gains by,191,196-197,220; in Napoleonic Wars,222-223,285; in World War,348-349,385; influence of,441-443; elements of,443-445

Selim the Drunkard, Sultan of Turkey,99

Semenoff, Russian naval officer,335,339

Seymour, British admiral, at Armada,158

Shafter, U. S. general,324,325

Shimonoseki, Treaty of,310

Ships of War, "round" and "long,"19; trireme,19,21-24; penteconter,32; liburna,62; galley,69,93-95; dromon,74; galleas,102-103,148; junk,117; Viking craft,131; galleon,147-149; two and three-deckers,178; steam,287; submarine,293-296,426-428; destroyer,296,412; battle cruiser,343,348,369; dreadnought,343,348

Sicily,17,38,46; in Punic Wars,50-59


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