Suffren and Hughes, September 3, 1782 454 XVIII.

Hood and De Grasse, January, 1782 470 XIX.

Hood and De Grasse, January, 1782 472 XX.

Rodney and De Grasse, April 9, 1782 482 XXI.

Rodney's Victory, April 12, 1782 486 INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER UPON HISTORY.
INTRODUCTORY.
The history of Sea Power is largely, though by no means solely, a narrative of contests between nations, of mutual rivalries, of violence frequently culminating in war.