England in the Seven Years' War 2 Volume Paperback Set

Volume 1: 1. Introductory - the function of the fleet in war; 2. Nature and object of the war; 3. The transition from diplomacy to war; 4. Movements before declaration; 5. The French opening - Minorca; 6. The Prussian alliance and war plan; 7. Abortive opening of the British attack - Louisbourg; 8. Inauguration of Pitt's 'System'; 9. The first containing attack - Rochefort; 10. The French eccentric attack - Klosterzeven and Emden; 11. The containing movements of 1758 I - fleet and coastal operations, St. Malo; 12. The containing movements of 1758 II - extension to the Continent; 13. Main operations, 1758 - Louisbourg, Fort Duquesne, Frontenac; 14. Commerce protection - East Indies; 15. Commerce protection - West Indies; 16. Extension of the attack - the French Antilles; 17. The main attack, 1759 - the advance on Quebec; 18. The capture of Quebec. Volume 2: 1. The French counter-attack of 1759; 2. The second phase of the war; 3. Main attack, 1760 - Montreal; 4. Transition from commerce protection to eccentric attack in the East Indies; 5. The resumption of coastal pressure - Belleisle; 6. Spain and the fall of Pitt; 7. Completion of the West Indian attack - Martinique; 8. The intervention of Spain; 9. The attack on Spain - Havana; 10. Between war and peace - the Bourbon counter-attack, Portugal; 11. Bute's peace; 12. Conclusions - lessons of the war; Appendix; Index.