1;
danger of roadstead, in northeast monsoon. 458, 518, 519.

_Mahrattas_, the,
position in India of, and war with English, 419, 420;
peace with the English, 459, 461.

_Maria Theresa_,
ascends Austrian throne, 262;
war with Prussia, France, and Spain, 262, 263;
war with Prussia, in alliance with France and Russia, 292.

_Martinique_, French West India Island,
base for commerce-destroying, 31, 135, 314;
taken by the English, 135, 314;
effects of this conquest, 318;
restored to France at peace of Paris, 321;
principal base of French navy in West Indies. 348, 366, 469, 479;
actions near, 378, 383;
strategic position of, 480, 517, 518, 523.

_Matthews_, British Admiral,
commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean and minister to Sardinia, 263;
action with combined French and Spanish fleets, 265-267;
court-martialled and cashiered, 268.

_Mazarin_, Cardinal,
policy of, 70, 93;
death, 90.

_Mediterranean Sea_,
control of, influence on Second Punic war, 14-21;
strategic points in, 13, 20, 22, 23, 32, 62, 63, 82, 141, 142, 202,
203, 215, 220, 285, 298, 327, 328, 335, 393, 515;
advantage of strategic study of, 33;
analogy to Caribbean Sea, 33;
increase of English power in, 206, 210, 212, 215, 219, 220, 229,
235, 239, 263, 322, 327, 328;
Austria established in, 239;
Sardinia given to House of Savoy, 239;
foundation of Bourbon Kingdom of Two Sicilies, 248,
strengthens France in, 249;
English navy in, 193, 206, 208, 210-216, 263-268, 286-291, 296, 298,
412, 515, 532, 533;
France acquires Corsica, 334, 335;
England loses Minorca in American Revolution, 409, 540.

_Monk_, British General and Admiral,
saying about Dutch trade, 107;
commands English fleet in the Four Days' Battle, 117-126;
tactics of, 121, 124;
merits of, 126;
opposition to laying up the heavy ships, 131;
death, 127.

_Morogues_, Bigot de,
work on Naval Tactics, 10, 77, 288.

_Napoleon I._,
recommends study of military history, 2;
Egyptian expedition, 10, 107;
Trafalgar campaign, 11, 12, 23, 24 (note), 119, 532, 533;
favorite objective, 47;
naval policy, 81, 506;
influence of French navy on American privateering in 1812, 137.

_Naval Policy_,
value of reserve force, 48;
colonial, 56,
in peace, 82;
in war, 82;
soldiers commanding ships, 127;
commerce-destroying and privateering (see Commerce-destroying)
Bourbon Family compact,