consequent effect on American privateering, 137;
definition of efficient, 85;
dangers to United States from, 86, 87;
offensive and defensive use of, 87 (note);
declaration of the Armed Neutrality concerning, 405;
position taken off an enemy's port not necessarily a blockade in
strict sense of the word, 532.

_Boscawen_, British Admiral,
expedition to India, failure of, 277;
intercepts French ships off the St. Lawrence, 284;
takes Louisburg, 294;
disperses or destroys French fleet from Toulon, 298.

_Burgoyne_, British General,
expedition from Canada, 343;
effect of his surrender, 346.

_Bussy_, French General,
second to Dupleix in India, 305;
intrigues with nabob of Bengal, 306;
invades Orissa, 307;
again sent to India during American Revolution, 459;
delayed _en route_, 460;
reaches India, 461;
besieged in Cuddalore by the English, 462;
relieved by Suffren, 463.

_Byng_, Sir George, British Admiral,
sent to Mediterranean, 236;
destroys Spanish fleet at Cape Passaro, 237;
policy at Messina, 238.

_Byng_, John, British Admiral,
sails to relieve Port Mahon, 286;
action with the French fleet, 286-288;
returns to Gibraltar, is relieved, tried, 290,
and shot, 291.

_Byron_, British Admiral,
commander-in-chief at Battle of Grenada, 367-371.

_Cape of Good Hope_,
a half-way naval station, 28, 514;
discovery of passage round, 37, 38, 141;
acquired by Holland, 97;
acquired by England during the Napoleonic wars, 327;
English expedition against, 421;
saved by Suffren, 422-425, 427;
utility to France, 460, 520;
Suffren's reception at, 464, 465.

_Carlos_ III.,
King of the Two Sicilies, 248, 249;
enters into Bourbon Family Compact, 249;
forced to withdraw his troops by a British commodore, 252, 264, 304;
succeeds to the Spanish throne, 304;
enters into secret alliance with France, 312, 313;
losses in Seven Years' War, 315, 317;
again enters alliance with France against England, 401, 402.

_Charles_, Archduke,
claimant to Spanish throne as Carlos III., 206;
lands at Lisbon, 208;
lands in Catalonia and takes Barcelona, 213;
takes and loses Madrid, 214;
antipathy of Spaniards to, 214, 216;
inherits empire of Austria and elected Emperor Charles VI. of
Germany, 217;
makes, as king of Spain, secret commercial treaty with England, 221;
discontented with Treaty of Utrecht, 222, 234;
renounces claim