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]