Part 6 (1/2)

Maddalena Bay, Nelson's base at, 143

Mahan, Admiral, on commerce at sea, 98, 99; on a fleet in being, 31, 43; on a fortress fleet, 47, 55; on Hannibal's pa.s.sage of the Alps, 61; on Nelson, 48, 123; on territorial expansion, 52

Maida, Battle of, 66

Makaroff, Admiral, 47, 59

Manchuria, 59; j.a.panese successes in, 55

Maria Theresa, 80

Mary, Queen, her orders to Torrington, 40, 44

Mathews, his action off Toulon, 80; in the Mediterranean, 83, 84

Medina Sidonia, and the Armada, 79

Mediterranean, the, England's position in, 136, 137

Merchant vessels, conversion of into wars.h.i.+ps at sea, 101-104

Morbihan, the, troops collected in, 79

Napoleon, 30, 31; and the campaign of Trafalgar, 18, 19; his descent on Egypt, 61, 73; his ignorance of the sea, 74

Naval force, differentiation of, 111-128; distribution and supply of, 129-145

Naval strength, measure of, 129

Naval warfare, defined, 1; special characteristic of, 56; its limitations, 51; philosophy of, 145; its primary aim, 14

Nelson, 18, 32, 46, 123; his advanced squadron, 127; and Barham, 66, 67; his base at Maddalena Bay, 143; on the blockade of Toulon, 22; on Craig's expedition, 64; evaded by Napoleon, 73; evaded by Villeneuve, 63; at Trafalgar, 60; his Trafalgar Memorandum, 126; his pursuit of Villeneuve, 37, 38

Newcastle, Duke of, 83

Nile, Battle of the, 74

Norman Conquest, the, 68, 75

Norris, Sir John, 83; in the Downs, 87; leaves the Downs, 88; and Roquefeuil at Dungeness, 89; at St Helen's, 85, 86

North Sea, concentration in, 135

Orde, Sir John, raises the blockade of Cadiz, 65

Orders in Council, the British, 100