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INTRODUCTORY. 
CHAPTER I. DISCUSSION OF THE ELEMENTS OF SEA POWER. 
CHAPTER II. STATE OF EUROPE IN 1660. — SECOND ANGLO-DUTCH WAR, 1665-1667. — SEA BATTLES OF LOWESTOFT AND OF THE FOUR DAYS
CHAPTER III. 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 TEXEL, AND STROMBOLI.
CHAPTER IV. ENGLISH REVOLUTION. — WAR OF THE LEAGUE OF AUGSBURG, 1688-1697. — SEA BATTLES OF BEACHY HEAD AND LA HOUGUE. 
CHAPTER V. WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION, 1702-1713. — SEA BATTLE OF MALAGA. 
CHAPTER VI. THE 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. — 1715-1739.
CHAPTER VII. 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.
CHAPTER VIII. 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'ACHé IN EAST INDIES.
CHAPTER IX. COURSE OF EVENTS FROM THE PEACE OF PARIS TO 1778. — MARITIME WAR CONSEQUENT UPON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. — SEA BATTLE OFF USHANT.
CHAPTER X. 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. 
CHAPTER XI. MARITIME WAR IN EUROPE, 1779-1782.
CHAPTER XII. EVENTS IN THE EAST INDIES, 1778-1781. — SUFFREN SAILS FROM BREST FOR INDIA, 1781. — HIS BRILLIANT NAVAL CAMPAIGN IN THE INDIAN SEAS, 1782, 1783. 
CHAPTER XIII. EVENTS IN THE WEST INDIES AFTER THE SURRENDER OF YORKTOWN. — ENCOUNTERS OF DE GRASSE WITH HOOD. — THE SEA BATTLE OF THE SAINTS. — 1781-1782.
CHAPTER XIV. CRITICAL DISCUSSION OF THE MARITIME WAR OF 1778. 
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