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Peace between England and the United Provinces
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158
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Sicilian revolt against Spain
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159
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Battle of Stromboli, 1676
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161
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Illustration of Clerk's naval tactics
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163
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De Ruyter killed off Agosta
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165
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England becomes hostile to France
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166
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Sufferings of the United Provinces
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167
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Peace of Nimeguen, 1678
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168
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Effects of the war on France and Holland
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169
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Notice of Comte d'Estrées
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170
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CHAPTER IV.
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English Revolution.—War of the League of Augsburg, 1688–1697.—Sea Battles of Beachy Head and La Hougue.
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Aggressive policy of Louis XIV.
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173
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State of French, English, and Dutch navies
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174
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Accession of James II.
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175
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Formation of the League of Augsburg
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176
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Louis declares war against the Emperor of Germany
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177
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Revolution in England
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178
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Louis declares war against the United Provinces
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178
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William and Mary crowned
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178
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James II. lands in Ireland
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179
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Misdirection of French naval forces
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180
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William III. lands in Ireland
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181
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Naval battle of Beachy Head, 1690
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182
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Tourville's military character
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184
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Battle of the Boyne, 1690
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186
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End of the struggle in Ireland
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186
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Naval battle of La Hougue, 1692
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189
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Destruction of French ships
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190
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Influence of Sea Power in this war
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191
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Attack and defence of commerce
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193
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Peculiar characteristics of French privateering
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195
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Peace of Ryswick, 1697
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197
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Exhaustion of France: its causes
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198
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CHAPTER V.
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War of the Spanish Succession, 1702–1713.—Sea Battle Of Malaga.
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Failure of the Spanish line of the House of Austria
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201
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King of Spain wills the succession to the Duke of Anjou
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202
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Death of the King of Spain
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202
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Louis XIV. accepts the bequests
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203
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He seizes towns in Spanish Netherlands
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203
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Offensive alliance between England, Holland, and Austria
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204
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Declarations of war
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205
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The allies proclaim Carlos III. King of Spain
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206
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Affair of the Vigo galleons
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207
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Portugal joins the allies
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208
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Character of the naval warfare
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209
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Capture of Gibraltar by the English
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210
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Naval battle of Malaga, 1704
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211
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Decay of the French navy
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212
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Progress of the land war
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213
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Allies seize Sardinia and Minorca
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215
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Disgrace of Marlborough
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216
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England offers terms of peace
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217
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Peace of Utrecht, 1713
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218
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Terms of the peace
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219
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Results of the war to the different belligerents
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219
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Commanding position of Great Britain
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224
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Sea Power dependent upon both commerce and naval strength
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225
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Peculiar position of France as regards Sea Power
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226
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Depressed condition of France
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227
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Commercial prosperity of England
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228
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Ineffectiveness of commerce-destroying
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229
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