e by Genoa, 292, 334;
acquisition of Malta by England, 327.

_Jamaica_,
taken by English, under Cromwell, 60;
wish of Spain to recover, 345, 510, 512;
strategic value of, 394, 517, 518;
combined expedition against, 479;
frustrated by Rodney's victory over De Grasse, 496;
Rodney repairs to, after his victory, 501, 517.

_James II._,
a seaman by profession, 61, 115;
commands at battle of Lowestoft, as Duke of York, 109;
commands at the battle of Solebay, 147;
deprived of the command, 151;
succeeds to the throne, 175;
interest in the navy, 175, 177, 178;
flight from England, 178;
lands in Ireland, 179;
defeated at the Boyne, 186;
at Cape La Hougue, 188;
death, 205.

_Jenkins_,
captain of a merchant brig, the story of his ears, 250.

_Jervis_, Sir John, afterward Earl St. Vincent, British Admiral,
naval policy of, 9;
tactics at Cape St. Vincent, 11, 147, 167, 476 (note);
testimony at Keppel's court-martial, 352.

_Johnstone_, British Commodore,
sails for Cape of Good Hope, 421;
commissioner to American Congress, 421 (note);
attacked by Suffren at the Cape Verde Islands, 421-425;
anticipated by Suffren at the Cape, 427;
returns unsuccessful to England, 427.

_Kempenfeldt_, British Admiral,
cuts off part of De Guichen's convoy, 408, 414, 417, 475.

_Keppel_, Lord, British Admiral,
appointed to command Channel fleet, 341;
battle of Ushant, 350-352;
head of admiralty and disapproves treaty of peace, 499;
a whig in politics, 500.

_King_, British Commodore,
stubborn defence of the "Exeter," 449;
visits Suffren at the Cape of Good Hope, 465.

_La Bourdonnais_,
governor of the Isle of France, 243, 273;
his active administration, 273;
prepares to attack English commerce in the East Indies, 273;
takes and ransoms Madras, quarrels with Dupleix, squadron wrecked,
returns to France, and dies, 276.

_L'Etenduere_, French commodore,
brilliant defence of, 272.

_Lafayette_, Marquis de,
arrival in America, 345;
operations in Virginia, 385;
expressions of Washington to, as to necessity of naval help, 397, 400;
associations of his name to Americans, 501.

_La Galissoniere_, French Admiral,
commands the fleet in the expedition to Minorca, 285;
defeats Byng's attempt to relieve Port Mahon, 286-288.

_Lally_, French governor of India,
reaches India, 307;
quarrels with Commodore D'Ache, 307;
takes Fort St