Ch. I. Discussion of the elements of sea power -- Ch. II. State of Europe in 1660. Second Anglo-Dutch War, 1665-1667. Sea battles of Lowestoft and of the four days -- Ch. III. War of England and France in alliance against the United Provinces, 1672-1674. Finally, of France against Europe, 1674-1678. Sea battles of solebay, the Texel, and Stromboli. -- Ch. IV. English Revolution. War of Augsburg, 1688-1697. Sea battles of Beachy Head and La Hougue. -- Ch. V. War of the Spanish Succession, 1702-1713. Sea battle of Malaga -- Ch. VI. The regency in France. Alberoni in Spain. Policies of Walpole and Fleuri. War of the Polish Succession. English contraband in Spanish America. Great Britain declares war against Spain. 1715-1739 -- Ch. 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 -- Ch. 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'Ache' in East Indies -- Ch. IX. Course of events from the Peace of Paris to 1778. Maritime war consequent upon the American Revolution. Sea battle off Ushant -- Ch. 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 -- Ch. XI. Martime war in Europe, 1779-1782 -- Ch. 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 -- Ch. 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 -- Ch. XIV. Criticial discussion of the Maritime War of 1778.
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