. David, 308;
besieges Madras, but fails, 310;
fall of French power under, 310.

_Langara_, Spanish Admiral,
defeated and captured by Rodney, 403, 404, 499;
action at Toulon in 1793, 156.

_Leibnitz_,
proposes to Louis XIV. the occupation of Egypt, 106, 107, 141, 142.

_Louis XIV._,
growth of French navy under, 72;
enmity to Holland, 73;
policy of, 73, 103-105, 140, 143, 205;
naval policy of, 72, 74, 107, 133, 141-143, 155, 159, 166, 174,
178-181, 194-196;
assumes personal government, 90;
initiates general wars, 91;
condition of France at accession of, 93;
commercial policy of, 54, 105, 167, 169, 170, 176;
aggressions of, 139, 173;
declares war against Holland, 144;
campaign in Holland, 149-151;
evacuates Holland, 158;
Sicilian episode, 159-166;
peace with Holland, 168;
declares war against Germany, 177;
against Holland, 178;
supports invasion of Ireland, 179-186;
plans invasion of England, 188-191;
concessions by, at peace of Ryswick, 197;
effect of policy of, on sea-power, 198-200;
accepts bequest of Spanish throne to his grandson, 203;
reduced to extremities in War of Spanish Succession, 215, 216;
humiliating concessions at peace of Utrecht, 219-221;
exhaustion of France under, 227;
privateering under, 133, 134, 195, 230;
death of, 232.

_Louis XV._,
ascends throne, 232;
condition of French commerce under, 74, 242-244, 279, 280, 311, 318;
condition of French navy, 74-77, 244, 252-254, 259, 276, 279, 280,
288, 291, 311;
restoration of the navy, 76, 331-333;
defensive alliance with Spain, 248, 263-268;
offensive alliance with Spain, 313, 333;
death, 336.

_Louis XVI._,
begins to reign, 336;
naval policy of, 78-80, 337-340, 402, 403, 452;
general policy of, 336, 337, 345, 359, 382, 419, 509-512, 535-540;
treaty with the United States, 346;
breach with England, 350.

_Louisburg_, Cape Breton Island,
strategic importance of, 28, 294, 328;
retained by France at Peace of Utrecht, 219;
taken by New England colonists, 269;
restored to France at peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 277;
taken by Boscawen, 294.

_Madras_,
capital of a British presidency in India, 257;
taken by French, 276;
exchanged for Louisburg at peace of 1748, 277;
besieged by French in 1759, 310;
danger from Hyder Ali in 1780, 420;
principal British naval station during the struggle, 1781-1783, 429,
437, 444, 450, 45