Lawson, Admiral Sir John, 112
Lestock, Admiral, 188 n., 205-8
Lindsey, Robert Bertie, Earl of, 76-7, 85
Line. See also Orders of battle.
Abreast, 75, 107-9, 165-6, 220
Ahead, origin of, 28-36, 42, 59, 62, 82-7;
first instructions for, 92, 95-9, 100-2, 108-9, 124-6;
insistence on, 134-5, 149, 155, 159, 335-9;
close hauled, first use of, 113;
invented by English, 118-21
of bearing, see Quarter line
Breaking the, 114, 136-7, 142, 149, 153, 158 n., 169-70,
176-8, 182, 212, 229, 237, 289, 314-5, 324-5;
early objections to, 145, 153 n., 183-4, 256;
the two methods of, 255-62, 264-6, 279, 326-7, 330-3;
synonyms for, 261
Closing up, 192, 198, 241, 243
Equalising, 205, 219, 221, 227, 346.
See also Reserve, corps de
Forming, as convenient, 170-1, 221, 226, 277
Inverting, 226-7, 238, 331-2
Position of squadrons in, 239-40
Principles of, stated, 269, 342
Quitting the, 161, 193, 198, 247, 273-4.
See also Equalising
Early Spanish use of, 8-10;
early English, 28-36, 42, 59, 62
Reactions against, 115-6, 159 n., 186, 283-9, 335-9
Reduplication of, 118-9, 312-3, 338, 342 n., 352
Linstocks, 11
Lisle, John Dudley, Lord, 18-24, 291, 296
Louisbourg, 203
Love, Sir Thomas, 49-51, 61 n.
Macpherson, Alexander, 225
Malta, 164