Dearborn, General, 236, 238 De Barras, French Admiral, in the American Revolution, 164–168 Defensive, limited rôle of, in naval warfare, 87–90, 309–311; in the War of 1812, 228 ff De Grasse, French Admiral, at Saints’ Passage, 160; off the Chesapeake, 164–170 Du Guichen, French Admiral, engaged with Rodney, 159–163 Denmark, trade of, 25; waters of, 51; Nelson’s campaign against, 184–190 De Ruyter, Dutch Admiral, 207 Detroit, 233, 238, 239 Dewey, Admiral, #$1# Dominica, 160 Dumanoir, French Admiral, at Trafalgar, 218–220 Egypt, Napoleon in, 58, 127, 192; British rule in, 152, 191, 343 England. _See_ GREAT BRITAIN Entente, Triple, 53, 304–306, 317–318 Erie, Lake, operations on, 232, 233, 235–236, 238, 240 Far East, political conditions in, 289–291, 296–297. _See_ CHINA; JAPAN; OPEN DOOR Farragut, Admiral, his place as a naval leader, #$1#; at Mobile, 64, 251; on the Mississippi, 76; quoted, 340 Ferrol, 192, 196, 197 Fighting Instructions, of the British Navy, 157–158 Fleet in Being, theory of, 81; illustrated by Cervera’s fleet, 242–248; in Russo-Japanese War, 258–269 Florida, exposed position of, 36, 65, 66; Straits of, 69, 147 Flying Squadron, in Spanish War, #$1#, 59, 88, 89, 241, 246 Fortress Fleet, 258–269 Française, Cape, 165, 166 France, a rival of Great Britain, #$1#; geographical conditions affecting, 22–25; ports of, 31, 32; in Napoleonic Wars, 43–44, 171–174; colonial policy of, 46; in Thirty Years’ War, 50–57; exhausted under Louis XIV, 137–140; in American Revolution, 143–144; in Seven Years’ War, 147, 153–154; opposed to Germany, 305, 317–318, 320; arrested growth of, in population, 307, 322; Channel coast of, 312–313. _See_ NAVY, FRENCH Franklin, Benjamin, quoted, 350 Frederick the Great, 14, 147 French Revolution, 152; effect on French navy, 171–174, 178 Frontiers, advantage of seaboard, 30; of United States, regarded as a line, 65–67, 112; warfare on, in 1812, 229–234. _See_ COASTS Genoa, 67 Germany, recent naval policy of, #$1#–xv, 51; trade of, 25; rivers of, 33, 69; central position of, 53; possible acquisitions in West Indies, 288; political character and aims of, 292, 302–308, 317–327; and Far East, 299; her sea routes threatened by Great Britain, 312–316, 333, 336. _See_ NAVY, GERMAN Gibraltar, an important base, 20, 22, 58, 69, 74, 152, 154; acquired by Great Britain, 26, 147, 157; siege of, 85, 86, 107, 178; Nelson at, 196, 199, 209 Good Hope, Cape of, 20, 26, 33, 51, 152, 290, 314 Graves, British Admiral, off the Chesapeake, 160, 164–170 Gravina, Spanish Admiral, at Trafalgar, 210–211, 214, 219–220