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 Aggressions of Louis XIV. on Spanish Netherlands

 Policy of the United Provinces

 Triple alliance between England, Holland, and Sweden

 Anger of Louis XIV

 Leibnitz proposes to Louis to seize Egypt

 His memorial

 Bargaining between Louis XIV. and Charles II.

 The two kings declare war against the United Provinces

 Military character of this war

 Naval strategy of the Dutch

 Tactical combinations of De Ruyter

 Inefficiency of Dutch naval administration

 Battle of Solebay, 1672

 Tactical comments

 Effect of the battle on the course of the war

 Land campaign of the French in Holland

 Murder of John De Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland

 Accession to power of William of Orange

 Uneasiness among European States

 Naval battles off Schoneveldt, 1673

 Naval battle of the Texel, 1673

 Effect upon the general war

 Equivocal action of the French fleet

 General ineffectiveness of maritime coalitions

 Military character of De Ruyter

 Coalition against France

 Peace between England and the United Provinces

 Sicilian revolt against Spain

 Battle of Stromboli, 1676

 Illustration of Clerk's naval tactics

 De Ruyter killed off Agosta

 England becomes hostile to France

 Sufferings of the United Provinces

 Peace of Nimeguen, 1678

 Effects of the war on France and Holland

 Notice of Comte D'Estrees