England in the Seven Years' War
A Study in Combined Strategy

The first detailed study of English naval strategy during the Seven Years' War (1756–1763), first published in 1907.

Julian Stafford Corbett (Author)

9781108023566, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 25 November 2010

512 pages, 10 maps
21.6 x 14 x 2.9 cm, 0.65 kg

Sir Julian Corbett (1854–1922) was an eminent British naval historian who focused on the analysis of historic naval strategy. After graduating from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1876 Corbett practised as a barrister until 1882, when he turned to historical writing. He was appointed Lecturer in History to the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, in 1903, and was consulted on naval reforms during the First World War. These volumes, first published in 1907, contain Corbett's detailed analysis of naval warfare during the Seven Years' War (1756–1763). Focusing on the strategy of the British navy, Corbett recounts chronologically the major actions of the war, analysing in detail fleet movements and naval tactics in their political and diplomatic context. These volumes were the first scholarly work on this subject, and provide valuable information concerning the development of English naval strategy during this formative period. Volume 1 covers 1754–1759.

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.

Subject Areas: Military history [HBW]