Two MILITARY Classics

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• two complete books
• linked Tables of Contents

CONTENTS
FIGHTING INSTRUCTIONS, 1530-1816, BY JULIAN S. CORBETT, EDITOR
PART I. — EARLY TUDOR PERIOD
1. INTRODUCTORY. ALONSO DE CHAVES ON SAILING TACTICS
Espejo de Navegantes, circa 1530
2. INTRODUCTORY. AUDLEY’S FLEET ORDERS, circa 1530
Orders to be used by the King’s Majesty’s Navy by the Sea
3. INTRODUCTORY. THE ADOPTION OF SPANISH TACTICS BY HENRY VIII
Lord Lisle, 1545, No. 1
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PART II. — ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN
INTRODUCTORY. THE ELIZABETHAN ORIGIN OF RALEGH’S INSTRUCTIONS
Sir Walter Ralegh, 1617
PART III. — CAROLINGIAN
1. INTRODUCTORY. THE ATTEMPT TO APPLY LAND FORMATIONS TO THE FLEET
Lord Wimbledon, 1625. No. 1
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2. INTRODUCTORY. THE SHIP-MONEY FLEETS, circa 1635
The Earl of Lindsey, 1635
PART IV. — THE FIRST DUTCH WAR
1. INTRODUCTORY. ENGLISH AND DUTCH ORDERS ON THE EVE OF THE WAR, 1648-53
Parliamentary Orders, 1648
Supplementary Instructions, circa 1650
Marten Tromp, 1652
2. INTRODUCTORY. ORDERS ISSUED DURING THE WAR, 1653 and 1654
Commonwealth Orders, 1653
PART V. — THE SECOND DUTCH WAR
1. INTRODUCTORY. ORDERS OF THE RESTORATION
The Earl of Sandwich, 1665
2. INTRODUCTORY. MONCK, PRINCE RUPERT, AND THE DUKE OF YORK
The Duke of York, 1665
His Additional Instructions, 1665
His Supplementary Order
Prince Rupert, 1666
PART VI. — THE THIRD DUTCH WAR TO THE REVOLUTION
1. INTRODUCTORY. PROGRESS OF TACTICS DURING THE WAR
The Duke of York, 1672
His Supplementary Orders, 1672
The Duke of York, 1672-3
Final form of the Duke of York’s Orders, 1673, with additions and observations subsequently made
2. INTRODUCTORY. MEDITERRANEAN ORDERS, 1678
Sir John Narbrough, 1678
3. INTRODUCTORY. THE LAST STUART ORDERS
Lord Dartmouth, 1688
PART VII. — WILLIAM III. AND ANNE
1. INTRODUCTORY. LORD TORRINGTON, TOURVILLE, AND HOSTE
Admiral Edward Russell, 1691
2. INTRODUCTORY. THE PERMANENT INSTRUCTIONS, 1703-1783
Sir George Rooke, 1703
PART VIII. — ADDITIONAL FIGHTING INSTRUCTIONS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
INTRODUCTORY, ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
Admiral Vernon, circa 1740
Lord Anson, circa 1747
Sir Edward Hawke, 1756
Admiral Boscawen, 1759
Sir George Rodney, 1782
Lord Hood’s Additions, 1783
PART IX. — THE LAST PHASE
1. INTRODUCTORY. THE NEW SIGNAL BOOK INSTRUCTIONS
Lord Howe, 1782
2. INTRODUCTORY. THE SIGNAL BOOKS OF THE GREAT WAR
Lord Howe’s Explanatory Instructions, 1799
3. INTRODUCTORY. NELSON’S TACTICAL MEMORANDA
The Toulon Memorandum, 1803
The Trafalgar Memorandum, 1805
4. INTRODUCTORY. INSTRUCTIONS AFTER TRAFALGAR
Admiral Gambier, 1807
Lord Collingwood, 1808-1810
Sir Alexander Cochrane, 1805-14
5. INTRODUCTORY, THE SIGNAL BOOK OF 1816
The Instructions of 1816
APPENDIX. ‘FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE TRAFALGAR FIGHT’

SOME PRINCIPLES OF MARITIME STRATEGY, BY JULIAN STAFFORD
INTRODUCTION
THE THEORETICAL STUDY OF WAR — ITS USE AND LIMITATIONS
PART I. THEORY OF WAR
I. THE THEORY OF WAR
II. NATURES OF WARS — OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE
III. NATURES OF WARS — LIMITED AND UNLIMITED
IV. LIMITED WAR AND MARITIME EMPIRES
WARS OF INTERVENTION — LIMITED INTERFERENCE IN UNLIMITED WAR
VI. CONDITIONS OF STRENGTH IN LIMITED WAR
PART II. THEORY OF NAVAL WAR
I. THEORY OF THE OBJECT — COMMAND OF THE SEA
II. THEORY OF THE MEANS — THE CONSTITUTION OF FLEETS
III. THEORY OF THE METHOD — CONCENTRATION AND DISPERSAL OF FORCE
PART III. CONDUCT OF NAVAL WAR
I. INTRODUCTORY —
1. INHERENT DIFFERENCES IN THE CONDITIONS OF WAR ON LAND AND ON SEA
2. TYPICAL FORMS OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
II. METHODS OF SECURING COMMAND —
1. ON OBTAINING A DECISION
2. BLOCKADE
III. METHODS OF DISPUTING COMMAND —
1. DEFENSIVE FLEET OPERATIONS — "A FLEET IN BEING"
2. MINOR COUNTER-ATTACKS
IV. METHODS OF EXERCISING COMMAND —
1. DEFENCE AGAINST INVASION
2. ATTACK AND DEFENCE OF TRADE
3. ATTACK, DEFENCE, AND SUPPORT OF MILITARY EXPEDITIONS
Appendix: The "Green Pamphlet"