Aboukir, Battle of, 152, v. i Abuses, Naval, 65, v. i Acquitaine, 11, v. i Admiral Bacon’s Theory, 204, v. ii Admiral Hopkins--Earliest Advocate of Centre-Line in England, 179, v. ii Aerial Bombs First Provided Against, 173, v. ii Aerial Dreadnoughts, 171, v. ii Aerial Experiments in Austria, 228, v. ii Aerial Guns, 226, v. ii Aeroplanes for Naval Purposes, 226, v. ii Agreement with the Colonies, Naval, 237, v. ii Aircraft, Possibilities of, 95, v. i Aircraft, Potentialities in, 228, v. i Alexander, 162, v. i Alexandria, 163, v. i Alfred the Great, 1, 14, v. i Alfred, King, 60, 73, v. i Algiers, 59, v. i All-Big-Gun Ship Arguments, 143, v. ii Alterations to “Lion,” 185, v. ii Alternative “Dreadnought” Ideal, 165, v. ii Alva, Duke of, 48, v. i American Colonies Revolution, 124, v. i American Frigates, 189, v. i Americanising of British Naval Designs, 176, v. ii American Monitors and Conning Towers, 272, v. i American Monitors, limitations of, 292, v. i American Navy, 189, v. i American War, 189, v. i Amiens, Peace of, 163, v. i Anson, Commodore, 109, v. i “Answer” British, to frégates blindées, 249, v. i Antigua, 172, v. i Antwerp, 183, v. i Appreciation of Barnaby, 49, v. ii Arch Duke Charles, 98, v. i Archers, English, 27, v. i Armada, Defeat of, 57, v. i Armada, Delayed, 48, v. i Armada, Force of, 49, v. i Armada, Indifferent Gunnery of, 50, v. i Armada, Real History of, 57, v. i Armament, Ratio of Size, 95, v. i Armed Neutrality, The, 161, v. i Armour, 204, v. ii Armoured Cruisers Re-appear, 101, v. ii Armour Experiments at Woolwich, 219, v. i Armoured Forecastles, 284, v. i Armoured Scouts, 197, v. ii Armstrong and Percussion Shell, 227, v. i “Army of Invasion,” 170, v. i Articles of War, 11, v. i Artificial Ventilation, 225, v. i Armstrong, Guns of, 241, v. i Artillery, Superior, 229, v. i Assize of Arms, The, 10, v. i Athelston, 7, v. i Australia, Navy of, 233, v. ii Auxiliary Navies, 231, v. ii Battle of Trafalgar, 177, v. i Belle Island Captured, 122, v. i Berwick Captured by French (1795), 138, v. i Blockade, Scientific, First Instituted, 120, v. i Blockade Work, 165, v. i Bomb Dropping, 226, 228, v. ii Bombs from Airships, 228, v. ii Bomb Vessels Introduced, 87, v. i Bonaparte (see Napoleon), 230, v. i Bordelais Captured, 158, v. i Boscawen, 120, v. i Boswell, Invention of, 107, v. i Bounty, 200, v. i Bounty, Given by Henry VII, 36, v. i Bounty to Seamen, 234, v. i Bourbon, Isle of, Captured, 185, v. i Box-Battery Ironclads, 318, v. i Brading, Battle of, 5, v. i Breaking the Line, First Attempt at, 128, v. i Breaking the Line by Rodney, 129, v. i Breastwork Monitors, 292, 307, 308, v. i Breech Blocks, Elementary, 320, v. i Breechloaders, Armstrongs, 320, v. i Brest, 157, v. i