ath, 503;
opinion as to evacuation of Rhode Island, 530 (note).

_Rooke_, Sir George, British Admiral,
relieves Londonderry, 180;
burns French ships at Cape La Hougue, 190;
unsuccessful expedition against Cadiz, 207;
destroys the galleons at Vigo Bay, 207;
takes Gibraltar, 210;
commands at the battle of Malaga, 211.

_Rupert_, Prince,
at Four Days' Battle, 124, 125;
commands English fleet at battles of Schoneveldt and of the Texel,
151, 152.

_Russell_, British Admiral,
commands allied English and Dutch fleets in 1691, 187;
at battle of La Hougue, 189.

_Ruyter_, Dutch Admiral,
greatest naval officer of seventeenth century, 117;
commands at battle of the Four Days, 117-126;
badly supported by his officers, 122, 126, 127;
tactics of, 130, 144-148, 152, 157, 161, 164;
destroys English shipping in the Thames, 132;
strategy of, 144, 151, 152;
commands at the battles of Solebay, 146,
Schoneveldt, 152,
Texel, 152-154;
military character, 157;
sent to Mediterranean with inadequate force, 160;
commands at battle of Stromboli, 160-162;
killed at battle of Agosta, 166.

_Sea Power_,
a history of conflicts, 1;
elements of, 25.
Affected by geographical position of countries, 29-35;
by physical conformation, 35-42;
by extent of territory, 42-44;
by number of population, 44-50;
by national character, 50-58;
by policy of government, 58.
Policy of England as to, 58-67;
policy of Holland, 67-69;
of France, 69-81.
Influence of colonies on, 82 (see also Colonies);
weakness of the United States in, 83;
dependent upon commerce, 87, 225 (see also Commerce);
strategic bearing, 88 (see also Strategy);
policy of Richelieu, 93;
Spanish, in 1660, 94;
Dutch, in 1660, 95;
English, in 1860, 101;
mistakes of Louis XIV., 104;
Colbert's measures, 70, 105;
effects of commerce-destroying on, 132, 179, 193, 229, 317, 344, 400,
408 (note), 539.
(See also Commerce-destroying.)
Influence of, upon Napoleon's expedition to Egypt, 10;
upon Second Punic War, 14;
upon Third Anglo-Dutch War, 148, 154;
upon English Revolution, 177, 178, 180, 181, 191, 197;
upon France, 198, 199;
upon War of Spanish Succession, 203, 206, 209, 213, 214, 223-229;
upon Alberoni's ambitions, 237, 239;
upon Peter the Great, 239;
in India, 243, 258, 273-278, 306, 309, 310, 316, 328, 349, 424, 428,
445, 452, 459-464, 466, 513, 520,