Contents

pp v-vi

List of Illustrations

pp vii-viii

List of Charts and Tables

pp ix-x

Foreword by Dr Roger Knight

pp xi-xii

Preface

pp xiii-xiv

Acknowledgements

pp xv-xvi

List of Abbreviations

pp xvii-xviii

Notes and Conventions

pp xix-xxii

Introduction

pp 1-8

1 - British Expeditionary Warfare, 1793–1815

pp 9-39

2 - Bringing Forward Merchant Shipping for Government Service, 1793–1815

pp 40-70

3 - Competing Demands for Merchant Shipping, 1793–1815

pp 71-100

4 - Economy versus Efficiency

pp 101-122

5 - Conjunct Operations and Amphibious Assaults: Naval and Military Co-operation

pp 123-147

6 - Troop Ships: King's Ships or Merchant Transports?

pp 148-170

7 - Castlereagh's European Expeditions, 1805–08

pp 171-194

8 - 1809: A Year of Military Disappointments

pp 195-213

9 - The Turning of the Tide

pp 214-238

Conclusion

pp 239-245

Appendices

1 - The British Shipping Register: An account of the number of ships, with their tonnage, which belonged to the several ports of the British Empire between September 1799 and 1820

pp 246-247

2 - Abstract of ships built in the several ports of England from 1786 to 5 January 1814

pp 248-249

3 - Return of the effective strength of the regular and militia forces on 25 June and 25 December 1808–16, specifying the numbers serving at home and abroad

pp 250-252

Bibliography

pp 253-262

Index

pp 263-272