Excerpt from The Edinburgh Review, Vol. 140: Or Critical Journal; For July, 1874 October, 1874, to Be Continued QuarterlyIn order to understand clearly the stupendous character of the revolution in maritime war to which we have just alluded, it will be necessary to cast a retrospective glance at the methods in use during the tactical period which was completed by the cessation of our great contest with the first Napoleon. Prae tically, perhaps, the period actually ended at Trafalgar, but its maxims and ideas retained their vigour long after. Its significance in naval history consists chiey in that it com prised the latest testing by actual experiment in war of the system of tactics which has now for ever passed away. Yet that system has not become so completely obsolete that we are, even now, unable to draw from the study of it some useful dessous for our guidance in the future.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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