CHAPTER V

THE NAVAL WAR IN EUROPE. THE BATTLE OF USHANT
1778

Admirals Keppel and D'Orvilliers put to Sea from Portsmouth and Brest [82]

Instructions given to the French Admiral [83]

Preliminary Manœuvres after the two Fleets had sighted one another [83]

The Battle of Ushant [84]

A Drawn Battle. The respective Losses [91]

The Significance of the Battle in the fighting Development of the British Navy [93]

The "Order of Battle" [93]

The Disputes and Courts Martial in Great Britain arising from the Battle of Ushant [94]

Keppel Resigns his Command [97]