Part 30

LOWTHER, Miss, betrothed of Gen. Wolfe, 326.

Madras, French conquest of, 103; yielded in exchange for Louisburg, 103.

Magnanime, ship, 262; 272; 273.

Malaga, movements of Rooke off, 15; battle, 69, 70; 156.

Malta, Nelson receives news of surrender of, to the French, 403.

Manila, loss of, embitters Spain, 171.

MANN, Admiral, discouragement of, 348; calls council of officers, 348; returns to England, 348; deprived of command, 348; Jervis's criticism of, 349; Nelson's criticism of, 349; effect on fleet of defection of, 350.

Mantua, blockaded, 346.

Marengo, 413.

Marlborough, frigate, 41; 42; 57; mutinies on, 362-367.

Marseilles, 430.

MARTIN, Sir Byam, records anecdote of Lord Howe, 250.

Martinique, Rodney operates against, 158; captured by British, 158; 165; 236; 245; 393.

MARRYATT, Capt, Peter Simple quoted, 95, 96; source of sea picture in his The King's Own, 458.

MATHEWS, Admiral, off Toulon in 1774, 5; description of engagement, 21, 22, 41, 42, 43; courtmartial of, 27, 28; author's criticism of, 45, 56.

Mediterranean, fighting begins in, 1759, 133; Nelson returns from cruise in, 351, 352; 400; 411; British expedition enters, 413; Pellew cruises in, 430; Pellew is appointed Commander-in-chief in, 460; 461.

MILLBANK, Admiral, 297.

Minorca, Byng's incompetency at, 5, 20; affair at, reviewed, 47-63; French send a fleet against, 104; French fleet lands at, 104; 156; 367.

Mona Passage, 244.

MONCTON, General, his reluctance to move, 161; sends troops to Jamaica, 166.

MONK, commands in Four Days Battle, 11.

Montague, ship, 312; 313.

MONTGOMERY, fall of, 432.

MOREAU, French general, 347.

Moultrie, Fort, attack of British fleet on, 386.

Mutiny, in British navy, 1797, 358, 359; on ship Marlborough, 363.

NAPLES, Kingdom of, Napoleon designs to occupy, 413; 463.

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, contemporary of Jervis, 346; before Mantua, 347; 402; 403; 411; practically absolute ruler of Europe, 412; designs to occupy Portugal and Kingdom of Naples, 413; threatens Saumarez's flank, 414; concentrates Spanish and French navies at Cadiz, 414; agreement of, with Czar, at Tilsit, 421; breach of, with Russia, 422; forces Sweden to declaration of war, 422; 454; decline of, coincides with Pellew's advance, 461.