1st Edition
British Admirals of the Eighteenth Century Tactics in Battle
By John Creswell
Copyright 1972
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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British Admirals of the Eighteenth Century (1972) examines the problems of eighteenth-century naval warfare, and differs in two important respects from orthodox opinions. It shows that the belief that the fighting instructions of the eighteenth century were Admiralty orders which cramped the initiative of admirals has been disproved by documentary evidence; and it argues that a study of the... Read more
1. Origins of the Line of Battle 2. Tactics at the Opening of the Eighteenth Century 3. Hoste’s Naval Evolutions 4. The Battles of Malaga and Toulon 5. The Beginning of Additional Instructions and the Battles of Finisterre 6. Byng at Minorca 7. Quiberon Bay 8. The Battle of Ushant, 1778 9. Byron and d’Estaing at Grenada 10. Rodney and de Guichen, 17 April 1780 11. The Battle of the Chesapeake, 5 September 1781 12. The Battle of the Saints, April 1782 13. Reform of the Signal Books 14. Clerk of Eldin 15. The Glorious First of June 16. The Battle of Cape St Vincent 17. Trafalgar 18. Conclusion
Biography
John Creswell
