CONTENTS
PART I.—EARLY TUDOR PERIOD
1. INTRODUCTORY. ALONSO DE CHAVES ON SAILING TACTICS 3
Espejo de Navegantes, circa 1530 6
2. INTRODUCTORY. AUDLEY'S FLEET ORDERS, circa 1530 14
Orders to be used by the King's Majesty's Navy by the Sea 15
3. INTRODUCTORY. THE ADOPTION OF SPANISH TACTICS BY HENRY VIII 18
Lord Lisle, 1545, No. 1 20
" " No. 2 23
PART II.—ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN
INTRODUCTORY. THE ELIZABETHAN ORIGIN OF RALEGH'S INSTRUCTIONS 27
Sir Walter Ralegh, 1617 36
PART III.—CAROLINGIAN
1. INTRODUCTORY. THE ATTEMPT TO APPLY LAND FORMATIONS
TO THE FLEET 49
Lord Wimbledon, 1625. No. 1 52
" " No. 2 61
" " No. 3 63
2. INTRODUCTORY. THE SHIP-MONEY FLEETS, circa 1635 73
The Earl of Lindsey, 1635 77
PART IV.—THE FIRST DUTCH WAR
1. INTRODUCTORY. ENGLISH AND DUTCH ORDERS ON THE
EVE OF THE WAR, 1648-53 81
Parliamentary Orders, 1648 87
Supplementary Instructions, circa 1650 88
Marten Tromp, 1652 91
2. INTRODUCTORY. ORDERS ISSUED DURING THE WAR, 1653 and 1654 92
Commonwealth Orders, 1653 99
PART V.—THE SECOND DUTCH WAR
1. INTRODUCTORY. ORDERS OF THE RESTORATION 107
The Earl of Sandwich, 1665 108
2. INTRODUCTORY. MONCK, PRINCE RUPERT, AND THE DUKE OF YORK 110
The Duke of York, 1665 122
His Additional Instructions, 1665 126
His Supplementary Order 128
Prince Rupert, 1666 129
PART VI.—THE THIRD DUTCH WAR TO THE REVOLUTION
1. INTRODUCTORY. PROGRESS OF TACTICS DURING THE WAR 133 The Duke of York, 1672 146 His Supplementary Orders, 1672 148 The Duke of York, 1672-3 149 Final form of the Duke of York's Orders, 1673, with additions and observations subsequently made 152
2. INTRODUCTORY. MEDITERRANEAN ORDERS, 1678 164
Sir John Narbrough, 1678 165
3. INTRODUCTORY. THE LAST STUART ORDERS 168
Lord Dartmouth, 1688 170
PART VII.—WILLIAM III. AND ANNE
1. INTRODUCTORY. LORD TORRINGTON, TOURVILLE, AND HOSTE 175
Admiral Edward Russell, 1691 188
2. INTRODUCTORY. THE PERMANENT INSTRUCTIONS, 1703-1783 195
Sir George Rooke, 1703 197
PART VIII.—ADDITIONAL FIGHTING INSTRUCTIONS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
INTRODUCTORY, ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS 203
Admiral Vernon, circa 1740 214
Lord Anson, circa 1747 216
Sir Edward Hawke, 1756 317
Admiral Boscawen, 1759 219
Sir George Rodney, 1782 225
Lord Hood's Additions, 1783 228
PART IX.—THE LAST PHASE
1. INTRODUCTORY. THE NEW SIGNAL BOOK INSTRUCTIONS 233
Lord Howe, 1782 239
2. INTRODUCTORY. THE SIGNAL BOOKS OF THE GREAT WAR 252
Lord Howe's Explanatory Instructions, 1799 268
3. INTRODUCTORY. NELSON'S TACTICAL MEMORANDA 280
The Toulon Memorandum, 1803 313
The Trafalgar Memorandum, 1805 316
4. INTRODUCTORY. INSTRUCTIONS AFTER TRAFALGAR 321
Admiral Gambier, 1807 327
Lord Collingwood, 1808-1810 328
Sir Alexander Cochrane, 1805-14 330
5. INTRODUCTORY, THE SIGNAL BOOK OF 1816 335
The Instructions of 1816 342