CHAPTER IX.
COURSE OF EVENTS FROM THE PEACE OF PARIS TO 1778 .-- MARITIME WAR CONSEQUENT UPON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION .-- SEA BATTLE OFF USHANT.
French discontent with the Treaty of Paris 330 Revival of the French navy 331 Discipline among French naval officers of the time 332 Choiseul's foreign policy 333 Domestic troubles in Great Britain 334 Controversies with the North American colonies 334 Genoa cedes Corsica to France 334 Dispute between England and Spain about the Falkland Islands 335 Choiseul dismissed 336 Death of Louis XV.

336 Naval policy of Louis XVI.

337 Characteristics of the maritime war of 1778 338 Instructions of Louis XVI.

to the French admirals 339 Strength of English navy 341 Characteristics of the military situation in America 341 The line of the Hudson 342 Burgoyne's expedition from Canada 343 Howe carries his army from New York to the Chesapeake 343 Surrender of Burgoyne, 1777 343 American privateering 344 Clandestine support of the Americans by France 345 Treaty between France and the Americans 346 Vital importance of the French fleet to the Americans 347 The military situation in the different quarters of the globe 347 Breach between France and England 350 Sailing of the British and French fleets 350 Battle of Ushant, 1778 351 Position of a naval commander-in-chief in battle 353.