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 Characteristics of the wars from 1739 to 1783

 Neglect of the navy by French government

 Colonial possessions of the French, English, and Spaniards

 Dupleix and La Bourdonnais in India

 Condition of the contending navies

 Expeditions of Vernon and Anson

 Outbreak of the War of the Austrian Succession

 England allies herself to Austria

 Naval affairs in the Mediterranean

 Influence of Sea Power on the war

 Naval battle off Toulon, 1744

 Causes of English failure

 Courts-martial following the action

 Inefficient action of English navy

 Capture of Louisburg by New England colonists, 1745

 Causes which concurred to neutralize England's Sea Power

 France overruns Belgium and invades Holland

 Naval actions of Anson and Hawke

 Brilliant defence of Commodore l'Etenduere

 Projects of Dupleix and La Bourdonnais in the East Indies

 Influence of Sea Power in Indian affairs

 La Bourdonnais reduces Madras

 Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748

 Madras exchanged for Louisburg

 Results of the war

 Effect of Sea Power on the issue