English Men of Action

R O D N E Y

RODNEY

BY
DAVID HANNAY
London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
and New York
1891
All rights reserved

CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I]
PAGE
Family and Early Career[1]
[CHAPTER II]
Service as Captain till 1752[19]
[CHAPTER III]
Marriage, the Press-gang, and the Flag[35]
[CHAPTER IV]
Flag Rank and Parliament[52]
[CHAPTER V]
Sixteen Years of Peace[70]
[CHAPTER VI]
The Relief of Gibraltar[86]
[CHAPTER VII]
The West Indies[106]
[CHAPTER VIII]
The Campaign of 1780[122]
[CHAPTER IX]
St. Eustatius[143]
[CHAPTER X]
Rodney’s Stay in England[164]
[CHAPTER XI]
To April 12th[174]
[CHAPTER XII]
The Breaking of the Line[188]
[CHAPTER XIII]
The End[214]