to Spanish throne, 235;
joins Quadruple Alliance, 236;
obtains Naples and Sicily, 239;
loses Naples and Sicily, 248;
dies, leaving no son, 262;
succeeded by Maria Theresa, 262.

_Charles_ II., naval policy of, 60, 61;
restoration of, 90;
political motives, 100;
cedes Dunkirk, 105;
policy of commerce-destroying, 131;
bargains with Louis XIV., 143;
declares war against Holland, 144;
makes peace with Holland, 158;
forms alliance with Holland, 166;
dies, 175.

_Choiseul_, minister to Louis XV., 297;
plans for invading England and Scotland, 297, 300;
makes close alliance with Spain, 311-313;
policy after Seven Years' War, 330-336;
naval reforms, 331-333;
supports Spain in dispute with England over the Falkland Islands, 336;
dismissed, 336.

_Clerk_, John,
work on Naval Tactics, 77 (and note), 163-165, 289.

_Clinton_, Sir Henry, British General,
expedition up the Hudson, 343;
commander-in-chief in America, 360, 365, 401;
opinions as to influence of sea power, 385, 401;
sends detachments to the Chesapeake, 385, 387;
directs Cornwallis to occupy Yorktown, 387;
outwitted by Washington and Rochambeau, 387.

_Clive_, Robert, afterward Lord,
letter of. 275 (note);
Indian career begins, 282;
retakes Calcutta, 305;
defeats nabob of Bengal, takes Chandernagore, and wins battle of
Plassey, 306;
reduces Bengal, 306.

_Colbert_
becomes minister under Louis XIV., 70;
commercial and naval policy, 70-74, 105, 106, 169, 174;
thwarted by the king, 170;
his trust in the resources of France, 198.

_Collingwood_, British Admiral,
leads a column at Trafalgar, 353;
his conduct at battle of Cape St. Vincent, 355, 356;
reverses Nelson's orders after his death, 358;
loss in his ship at Trafalgar, 438 (note);
blockading duty off French coast (letters), 526.

_Colonies_:
origin of, 27;
character of, 28;
effect on England of, 29, 82, 83, 255, 326-328, 392-394, 396, 414;
weakness of Spain through, 30, 41, 42, 202, 261, 312, 327, 345, 346;
effect of national character on, 55-58, 255, 256;
growth of English colonial system, 60, 62, 64, 217, 220, 228, 251,
291, 305-307, 310, 321, 327;
Colbert's policy, 70, 71, 106;
navy essential to security of, 41, 42, 74, 75, 82, 329, 367, 373,
401, 416, 424, 434, 511, 529, 541;
support to sea power by, 83, 212, 329, 415, 510, 511, 514, 520, 521;
Dutch, 96, 97, 258;
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