Part 34

Sardinia, Lord Exmouth demands peace for, 463.

SAUMAREZ, Admiral, 382; birth of, 383; his mastery of French language, 383; lineage of, 383; contrasted with Nelson, 383; early taste of, for navy, 383; begins career at early age, 383, 384; goes afloat at thirteen, 384; cruises in Mediterranean, 384; follows Nelson in pursuit of Bonaparte's fleet, 384; return of, to England, 384; examined for promotion to lieutenancy, 384; appointed Master's Mate, 384; owes advancement to Admiral Keppel, 384, 385; sails in squadron commanded by Commodore Sir Peter Parker, 385; offered commission by Lord Cornwallis, 385; meeting of, with Cornwallis subsequently, 385; arrives off Charleston, 386; aids in attack on Fort Moultrie, 386; courage of, in action, 387; promotion of, to lieutenancy, 387; in command of a galley, 387; is sent to Rhode Island, 387; stationed at Seakomet, 388; returns to England, 388; his lot thrown with line-of-battle force, 388, 389; in action with Dutch off Dogger Bank, 391, 392; again promoted, 392; made commander of Tisiphone, 392; on the tide which leads to fortune, 393; reaches Barbados, 394; joins fleet, 394; encounters French fleet under De Grasse, 394; effects brilliant manoeuvre, 394; ordered to England, 395; Hood substitutes another officer, 395; appointed to command Russell, 495; an acting post-captain, 395; bravery of, in Rodney's renowned battle, 395, 396; engages De Grasse's flag-ship, 396; brilliant manoeuvre of, 396; promoted and returns to England, 397; in retirement, 397; marries, 398; makes trip to France, 398; at beginning of work on Cherbourg breakwater, 398; receives attention from Louis XVI., 398; appointed to command Crescent, 399; intercepts French frigate Reunion, 399; analysis of action between Crescent and Reunion, 399; is knighted for victory, 400; appointed to ship-of-the-line Orion, 400; captures three French ships, 400; at battle off Cape St. Vincent, 400; blockades Cadiz, 400; operates off Toulon, 400; inferior to Troubridge in eyes of St. Vincent and Nelson, 401; given equal command with Troubridge, 402; his attack upon French fleet before Toulon, 402; as a letter writer, 402; his record of pursuit of French fleet, 402; favors seeking enemy off coast of Egypt, 404; reaches Alexandria, 404; returns westward, 404; again sights Alexandria, 404; despondency of, 405; learns of proximity of enemy in Aboukir Bay, 405; share of, in battle of the Nile, 405; wounded, 407, 409; unfortunate remark of, to Nelson, 407, 408; losses of, at battle of Nile, 409; convoys prizes to Gibraltar, 409; ordered to home station, 409; impatient at delays, 410; reaches England, 410; appointed to command the Caesar, 410; at blockade of Brest, 411; St. Vincent's flattering note to, 411, 412; importance of situation of, off Brest, 412; St. Vincent's praise of, 412, 413; Napoleon threatens flank of, 414; given command of a squadron, 414; now a rear-admiral, 414; ordered to blockade Cadiz, 414; sails on his mission, 415; arrives off Cadiz, 415; learns of French vessels at Algeciras, 415; starts for Algeciras, 415; finds French fleet moored at, 415; steers to engage French, 415; failure of wind interferes with plans of, 415; disaster to two ships of, 416; withdraws to Gibraltar, 416; failure of, 416; confident despatch of, to Admiralty, 417; fresh opportunity of, 417; learns of approach of Spanish fleet, 417, 418; sails in pursuit of Spaniards, 418; gives battle off Algeciras, 420; St. Vincent's praise of, 421; St. Vincent eulogizes, in House of Lords, 421; eulogized by Nelson, in House of Lords, 421; never again engaged in serious encounter with enemy, 421; commander-in-chief at Channel Islands, 421; insures Swedish neutrality, 422; maintains importance of Baltic, 421; disturbs commerce between nations on the Baltic, controlled by Napoleon, 422; succeeds to diplomatic situation, 424; success of, 425; praise of, by Swedish statesman, 425; follows Russian fleet in Gulf of Finland, 426; retires from service, 427; later life at Guernsey, 427; receives peerage from William IV., 427; death of, 427; 476; 477.

SAUMAREZ, Lord de, 427.

SAUMAREZ, Philip, 385.

SAUNDERS, Captain, his conduct in battle off La Rochelle, 92.

SAUNDERS, Sir Charles, associated with Jervis, 325; 328.

SCHANK, Admiral, 435.

SCHUYLER, General, 442.

Scilly, Howe encounters allied fleet off, 288.

Serieuse, frigate, 406.

Seven Years War, contrasted with American revolution, 102; result of, in North America and India, 102; finds Rodney a captain, 156; Rodney's career in, terminated, 166; Howe's part in, 260.

Siberia (on French coast), 411.

Sicily, 403; 404.

Smuggling, in West Indies, 168, 169.

Sorel, town of, 433.

South African war, contrasted with American revolution, 101.

Spain, refuses to surrender British supply vessel captured by the French, 106; Great Britain begins hostilities against, 159; increases custom-house force in West Indies, 169; seeks a quarrel with Great Britain, 171; embittered by loss of Havana and Manila, 171; near verge of rupture with Great Britain, over Falkland Islands incident, 172; declares war, 185; fleet of, enters English Channel, 185; navy of, concentrated at Cadiz, 414.

Spanish colonies, in West Indies, their geographical relation to Jamaica, 168; smuggling in, 168.

Stamp Act, discontent over, in American colonies, 172.

Stanislas, frigate, 442; goes aground off Belgian coast, 442, 443.

STEWART, Colonel, 446.

Superb, ship, 417; 419; 420.

Sweden, British fleet supports, 421; 424; forced by Napoleon to declaration of war, 424.

TAGUS, river, 351.

TERNAY, Admiral, 212; 214.

Terrible, ship, 91.

Thesee, ship, 140.

Ticonderoga, 433; 441; 442.