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Mahan, Admiral, 131n, 169, 344
Maitland, General, 295
Malta, 139, 264
Manchuria, 79, 82, 258, 290, 313, 318, 329
Maria Theresa, 246
Marlborough, John, Duke of, 64
Maxims: "Conquest of water territory," 93;
"Enemy's coast our frontier," 93;
"Eyes of the fleet," 112, 117, 120-21;
"Fleet in being," 224, 231;
"The sea is all one," 103;
"Seeking out the enemy's fleet," 102, 156, 161, 164, 167-68,
170-71, 174, 180, 203, 324, 344-45
Medina-Sidonia, Duke of, 244, 249
Mediterranean, 95, 101, 108, 113-14, 119, 125, 139-40, 143, 179, 182,
198, 207, 218, 223, 247, 252, 264, 285, 322, 337
Medway, 38, 217
Melville, Lord, 199-200
Middleton. _See_ Barham
Minorca, 34, 145, 330
Moltke, General von, 27, 51, 55, 73-74
Monk, George, Duke of Albemarle, 135-37, 157, 176-77
Montecuculi, Prince, 24
Montcalm, General Marquis de, 302
Morbihan, 235, 252-53
Mukden, 83

Napoleon, 43-44, 54, 68, 77, 79, 85, 98, 251, 257-58, 338;
methods, 19-23, 25, 27-28, 46-48, 65, 141, 144, 157, 183, 210, 237-38,
240-41;
views on naval warfare, 56, 143, 179, 181, 191, 236;
his Russian campaign, 47, 52;
on "pygmy combinations," 67;
his conversion, 68-70
Narrow seas, 127, 202
Nelson, Admiral Lord, 119, 125-26, 226, 317, 322, 336;
his influence, 161-63, 217;
his use of cruisers, 113-15, 117;
on defensive fleet operations, 223-24, 227;
on blockade, 184, 186, 198-99, 208;
his strategy, 136, 139, 141-42, 199, 238, 281
New Model Army, 157, 176
Ney, Marshal Michael, 29
Nile, 180
Norris, Admiral Sir John, 237-38, 246, 249, 253, 281
North Sea, 69, 127, 139, 145, 150, 179, 195-96, 199, 207, 225, 263
Nottingham, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 216-17

Observation squadrons, 125
Offence, theory of, 31-36, 39-40
Orde, Admiral Sir John, 223
Orvilliers, Admiral Comte de, 256

Palermo, 121
Paris, Declaration of, 96, 267
Parma, Prince Alexander Farnese, Duke of, 171-73, 241, 243-44
Pe-chi-li, Gulf of, 73, 302
Persano, Admiral, 293-94
Philip II, 239
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 63-64, 84, 300, 327
Plymouth, 171, 173, 190, 214, 220, 248, 256
Pola, 293-94
Port Arthur, 80, 82-85, 170, 202, 204-205, 227-31, 290-92, 322, 340
Portsmouth, 195, 214, 224, 248-49, 253
Portugal, 65, 80, 195, 317, 323, 336
Privateering, 266-68
Prussia, 23, 49-50, 64
Puerto Rico, 168

Quebec, 285, 289, 301-302