CONTENTS

CHAPTER I FAMILY AND EARLY CAREER

CHAPTER II SERVICE AS CAPTAIN TILL 1752

CHAPTER III MARRIAGE, THE PRESS-GANG, AND THE FLAG

CHAPTER IV FLAG RANK AND PARLIAMENT

CHAPTER V SIXTEEN YEARS OF PEACE

CHAPTER VI THE RELIEF OF GIBRALTAR

CHAPTER VII THE WEST INDIES

CHAPTER VIII THE CAMPAIGN OF 1780

CHAPTER IX ST. EUSTATIUS

CHAPTER X RODNEY'S STAY IN ENGLAND

CHAPTER XI TO APRIL 12TH

CHAPTER XII THE BREAKING OF THE LINE [A]

CHAPTER XIII THE END

English Men of Action

R O D N E Y

RODNEY

BY
DAVID HANNAY

London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
and New York
1891

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