Chapter XVI: The Command of the Sea (4)

Villeneuve, Admiral, death of, 466
hears that he is to be superseded, and goes to sea, 456
his first sortie, 446
his flag in _Guillaume Tell_ at battle of the Nile, 395 _et seq._
his operation on north-west of Spain, 451, 453
his orders, 445 _et seq._
leaves West Indies for Ferrol, 450
new orders to, 446;
his depression, _ibid._
reaches Martinique, receives fresh orders, hears of arrival of Nelson,
448
sails from Toulon to L’Orient, 333
second sortie, and cruise to West Indies, 447 _et seq._
succeeds Latouche-Treville, 445
turns to Cadiz, 454

Villette Mursay, Marquis de, French Admiral, at Beachy Head, 29

“Vinegar Parker.” _See_ Parker, Sir Hyde

Viomesnil, commands troops in squadron of Destouches, 260

=Viper=, how manned, 215

Voltaire, his phrase about Byng, 157

_Vryheid_, at battle of Camperdown, 351 _et seq._

Wade, captain of =Greenwich=, shot, 93

=Wager=, in Anson’s squadron, lost in Golfo de Peñas, 108

Wager, Sir Charles, Admiral, captures Spanish treasure ship, 68
in command in West Indies, 54

Wages, vote for, how distributed, 209

Waldegrave, W., Baron Radstock, Admiral, at battle of Cape St. Vincent,
346

Walker, captain of =Isis= at Copenhagen, 426 _et seq._

Walker, Sir Hovenden, Admiral, his expedition to Quebec, 54

Walker, J., Captain, commands =Monmouth= at battle of Camperdown, 352

Wallace, Sir James, Admiral, captain of =Nonsuch=, 263

Wallace, William, mutineer, commits suicide, 379

Wallis, Sir Provo, admiral of fleet, captains’ servants, 96

Walpole, Horace, 118
his character of Mathews, 114

Walpole, Sir Robert, Prime Minister, consents to war with Spain, 100
his peace policy, 98

Walton, George, captain of =Ruby=, supports Benbow, 93

Ward, Captain, commands =Culloden= at battle of Minorca, 152

Wardour, Lieutenant, defies Parker, 378

=Warley=, in action at Pulo Aor, 480

Warren, Commodore, co-operates in taking of Louisbourg, 122

=Warren Hastings=, in action at Pulo Aor, 480

Warren, Sir John Borlase, defeats Bompard, 399-400
escorts General Pulteney to courts of France and Spain, 418-419
fails to intercept Ganteaume, 422
in command in Straits, 420
takes French royalists to Quiberon, 326 _et seq._

=Warrior=, at Copenhagen, 427 _et seq._

=Warspight=, at battle of Quiberon, 189
La Hogue, 37
in action with La Clue, 180

_Wassenaer_, at battle of Camperdown, 351

Wassenaer, Baron, Dutch Admiral, defeated by French, 77

Watson, Captain, loses the =Northumberland=, 119, 120

Watson, Charles, goes to Bay of Bengal 140
in conquest of Bengal, his death, 197, 198

Watson, Charles, Rear-Admiral, sent to East Indies, 139
takes Geriah, 140

_Wattignies_, in fleet of Briux, 403

Wells, J., Captain, commands =Lancaster= at battle of Camperdown, 352

Wentworth, General, succeeds Cathcart, 104

_West Friesland_, Dutch, La Hogue, 37

West Indies, operations in, 303, 304

West, Temple, Vice-Admiral, court-martial on, 115
praised by Sir Horace Mann, 111
resigns, 157
second in command to Byng, 149 _et seq._

Westcott, Captain, commands =Majestic=, at battle of the Nile, 394
_et seq._
killed in battle, 397

=Wexford=, in action at Pulo Aor, 480

Wheeler, Sir F., commands expedition to West Indies, 53

Whetstone, Sir William, succeeds Benbow in West Indies, 53

Whitaker, Sir Edward, Admiral, in command in Mediterranean, 54

White, Captain, commands =Sylph=, 399
quoted 315

White, Seaman, killed by Captain W. Hervey, 90

Whitelock, General, surrenders at Buenos Ayres, 485

Whitshed, Sir James Hawkins, Admiral, commands =Namur= at battle of
Cape St. Vincent, 346
joins Jervis at Minorca, 406

Wiggerts, Captain, commands _Haarlem_ at battle of Camperdown, 351

Willes, Sir John, Chief Justice of Common Pleas, attaches naval
officers for contempt of court, 117

Willet, E. S., Captain, commands =Chichester= at battle of Quiberon, 189

Williams, Captain, court martial on, 114

Williamson, I., Captain, commands =Agincourt= at battle of Camperdown,
352;
court martial on, 354

Wilmot, Robert, Captain, commands expedition to West Indies, 53
his quarrel with Colonel Lillingston, 87 _et seq._

Wilmot, Ruth, widow of Captain R. Wilmot, 89

Wilson, Henry, captain of =Warley=, 480

=Windsor=, in Benbow’s squadron, 92

=Windsor Castle=, La Hogue, 37

Wishart, Sir James, at battle of Malaga, 65
present at dispute on flagship, 83

Wolfe, General, at taking of Louisbourg, 171, 173
takes Quebec, 196

=Woolwich=, La Hogue, 37

Wordsworth, John, captain of =Earl of Abergavenny=, 480

Worge, Colonel, at taking of Goree, 172

Wren, Ralph, Captain, commands expedition to West Indies, dies of fever,
52

Wright, Lawrence, Captain, commands expedition to West Indies, 52, 69, 71

Yarmouth Roads, mutiny of Duncan’s ships in, 375 _et seq._

York, Frederick Augustus, Duke of, 303
averts mutiny in army, 363
defeated in Holland, 414
driven out of Holland, 327
James, Duke of (James II.), and the fighting orders, 3

=York=, La Hogue, 37

Yorktown, siege and surrender of, 267, 268

Young, James, Admiral, comes to Chatham, 373;
commands =Intrepid= at battle of Minorca, 152
commands =Mars= at battle of Quiberon, 189

_Zealand_, A, Dutch, La Hogue, 37

=Zealous=, in attack on Santa Cruz, 387
reports presence of French at Aboukir, 391
stranded in Tangier Bay, 343

=Zebra=, reports approach of D’Estaign, 230

Zegers, Captain, commands _Devries_ at battle of Camperdown, 351

_Zélé_, crippled in collision, 277, 278
in fleet of Bruix, 403
in squadron of D’Estaign, 229

Zoutman, Johan Arnold, Schout-bij-Nacht, commands Dutch squadron in
North Sea, 256, 258

_Zurick Zee_, Dutch, La Hogue, 37

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