FOOTNOTES:
[6] Life of Lord Hawke, by Captain Montagu Burrows, Royal Navy, p. 194.
[7] For account and analysis of Byng's action, see ante, pp. 47-67.
[8] The italics are the author's.
[9] The writer does not purpose to give an account of these actions, except so far as Rodney himself is concerned. They can be found in Mahan's "Influence of Sea Power upon History," pp. 480-495, or in the "History of the Royal Navy," (Sampson Low, Marston & Co.), edited by Mr. W. Laird Clowes, vol.iii. pp. 520-535.
[10] Journals of Sir T. Byam Martin, Navy Records Society, vol. iii. p. 137.
[11] The Blockade of Brest, Navy Records Society. Introduction, p. xvi. Author's italics.
Richard, Earl Howe