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INDEX
Note: page references in italics refer to maps or charts
Abercromby, Ralph
Aboukir Bay; see also Nile, Battle of the
Achmet Pasha see Djezzar the Cutter
Acre, Syria; French retreat from; map ; siege of
Active
Adams
Admiralty: attitude to Cochrane; and blockade of European ports; conflict with Keith; gratitude for Smith’s action in Portugal; Nelson and; opposing objectives to Foreign Office; orders Rochefort attack; and Popham’s expedition; and retired officers; strategy in Scheldt
Adriatic Sea
Adye, John
Aetna
Africaine
Agamemnon
Aigle
Aix Roads
Ajax
Alert
