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NAVAL IN THE BALTIC.WARSt_NAVAL WAES IN THEBALTICDURING THESAILING-SHIP EPOCH1 522 1 850BYE. C. ANDERSONSub-Lieutenant M.A. F.E.G.S.R.N.V.R., (Cantab.),LONDONC. GILBERT-WOOD&5 3 ARUNDEL STEEET STRAND W.C.1910V4As1105722PREFACE.In the I have to an account oftriedfollowing pages givethe series of in the Balticnaval wars which tooklong placethe of theseThe featureduring sailing-ship epoch. principalwars was their which wereand the inexclusiveness, theywayfor the most the fleets of thedecided withoutpart involvingWestern Powers. It is true that in the seventeenth centurythethe Dutch some in Baltic and thataffairs,played partinclusion of the Baltic Powers in the Napoleonic strugglethem into contact with but in anaturally brought England;of naval warfare in the Baltic can bethegeneral way. historylooked on as a can best be as such.distinct and treatedsection,I have the 1563dealt with the in detail fromsubject yearfor theto the end of the wars in and1815, have,Napoleonicsake of sketched in outline the course of eventscompleteness,between 1522 and 1563 and between 1815 and 1850. Through-out I have endeavoured to as much detailed informationgiveas but have refrained from discussionpossible, purposely anyof the reasons or the various This islessons of operations.where treatment of the differs from that of Vice-my subject"Admiral Kirchoff in his Seemacht in der Ostsee." He dealswith the of the more or less from thegreater ...
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NAVAL IN THE BALTIC.WARS t_
NAVAL WAES IN THE
BALTIC
DURING THE
SAILING-SHIP EPOCH
1 522 1 850
BY
E. C. ANDERSON
Sub-Lieutenant M.A. F.E.G.S.R.N.V.R., (Cantab.),
LONDON
C. GILBERT-WOOD
&5 3 ARUNDEL STEEET STRAND W.C.
1910 V
4
As
1105722 PREFACE.
In the I have to an account oftriedfollowing pages give
the series of in the Balticnaval wars which tooklong place
the of theseThe featureduring sailing-ship epoch. principal
wars was their which wereand the inexclusiveness, theyway
for the most the fleets of thedecided withoutpart involving
Western Powers. It is true that in the seventeenth century
thethe Dutch some in Baltic and thataffairs,played part
inclusion of the Baltic Powers in the Napoleonic struggle
them into contact with but in anaturally brought England;
of naval warfare in the Baltic can bethegeneral way. history
looked on as a can best be as such.distinct and treatedsection,
I have the 1563dealt with the in detail fromsubject year
for theto the end of the wars in and1815, have,Napoleonic
sake of sketched in outline the course of eventscompleteness,
between 1522 and 1563 and between 1815 and 1850. Through-
out I have endeavoured to as much detailed informationgive
as but have refrained from discussionpossible, purposely any
of the reasons or the various This islessons of operations.
where treatment of the differs from that of Vice-my subject
"
Admiral Kirchoff in his Seemacht in der Ostsee." He deals
with the of the more or less from thegreater part period point
of view Mahan in his works onadopted by Captain general
naval while I have tried to follow more theinhistory, footsteps
of and factsJames, without comment.give
Most of the information contained in this book has been pub-
beforelished in one form or another, but its collation and
combination has involved a considerable amount of andwork,
has necessitated the of a number of authorities instudy large
at least six different A list of the morelanguages. important
works which I have used will be found at the end of the book.
A certain amount of frominformation comes, however, unpub-
lished sources in the and SwedishDanish, andDutch, archives,
here I must thanks to Mr. Van chief ofexpress my E/iemsdyk,
the Dutch archives, and to his Mr. for theirassistant, Ross,
in the somewhat accounts of Dutchmeagrehelp supplementing
in the Baltic to be found in the standardoperations histories,
and also to Mr. of the Provincial archives atTunberg. Upsala,
for with the Swedish records.help
I have found some with to the ofdifficulty regard spelling
Inames. have names of andproper spelt places people vi PREFACE.
in a as are in the countries to whichgeneral way, they spelt
but in the case of a few towns I havethey belong; large
it best to retain the Theordinary English spelling.thought
of names has been difficult for several reasons.spelling ship
in the earlier there wereFirst comes the fact that periods
one and Ioften several of in these casesspelling name,ways
have made no at but have left the readerattempt uniformity,
to exercise his comes the Scandi-Secondlyjudgment.
navian of the definite article en or et to thepractice joining
end of the substantive to which it To thisbelongs. keep
"
article would lead to to a as the the forRose,"referring ship
and I have removed but in the case ofaccordingly it,example,
names it is difficult to be sure of thisobsolete doing ;correctly
I can that Swedish and Danish readers willonly hope recognise
the and overlook the errors. The thirddifficulty difficulty lay
in Latinthe transliteration of Russian names to the alphabet,
but I have tried to do this in such a that it is more or lessway
obvious what letters the Russian word contained in its original
form.
The book contains but Iundoubtedly many imperfections,
that it contains few actual I knowand that ithope mistakes,
a fuller account of the hasthan beengives period yet
in the amount and theattempted; (I hope)perhaps accuracy
of the matter the reader will find cause to the mannerforgive
in which it is presented.
R. C. ANDERSON.
