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bigram	frequency
united states	1080
great britain	739
sea power	343
new york	261
west indies	235
state papers	167
american state	165
per cent	129
one hundred	126
de grasse	122
british government	119
foreign relations	118
french fleet	115
british navy	110
english fleet	105
two hundred	104
navy department	99
lake erie	97
louis xiv	97
naval power	86
naval force	84
west india	80
carrying trade	76
american vessels	76
british empire	74
french navy	72
naval chronicle	71
five hundred	69
french ships	67
naval officers	66
lake champlain	64
british ships	63
hundred miles	62
royal navy	61
three hundred	61
hundred years	61
mother country	60
english channel	60
naval policy	59
new orleans	58
naval base	58
merchant ships	58
british fleet	58
united provinces	57
offensive power	57
north america	56
years later	56
navigation act	55
years ago	54
two fleets	53
naval strategy	53
main body	53
th period	53
american government	52
two countries	52
merchant service	52
one side	52
north sea	51
new england	51
damage done	51
civil war	50
british admiral	47
either side	47
two years	47
merchant vessels	47
naval officer	47
department mss	47
fort george	46
british naval	46
two ships	46
coasting trade	44
four hundred	43
british sea	43
french admiral	43
much less	42
let us	41
fifty years	41
english ships	41
fort erie	40
east indies	40
ten years	40
two months	40
twenty years	40
canadian archives	40
british vessels	40
strong enough	40
battle cruisers	40
present day	40
naval war	40
british seamen	39
british squadron	39
british commerce	39
many years	39
de la	38
french government	38
grand fleet	38
three thousand	37
hundred men	37
thousand men	37
next day	37
two thousand	36
naval bases	36
states navy	36
two nations	36
battle fleet	36
english admiral	35
de ruyter	35
great sea	35
international law	35
commercial blockade	35
greater part	35
de guichen	35
good hope	35
naval operations	35
berlin decree	34
great war	34
five ships	34
naval warfare	34
even though	34
british islands	34
court martial	33
american ships	33
smaller vessels	33
sir george	33
six hundred	33
geographical position	33
five years	33
states government	33
charles ii	32
naval strength	32
nova scotia	32
caribbean sea	32
superior force	32
english navy	32
allied fleet	32
united kingdom	31
thousand troops	31
french squadron	31
short time	30
british ministry	30
military power	30
french revolution	30
india islands	30
three days	30
american revolution	30
british ship	30
general staff	30
queen charlotte	30
south america	30
british army	29
days later	29
north american	29
two days	29
one man	29
upper canada	29
four days	29
sea powers	28
eight hundred	28
naval tactics	28
starboard tack	28
black rock	28
one hand	28
sir edward	28
intercourse act	28
high seas	28
six months	28
continental system	27
spanish fleet	27
naval forces	27
american continent	27
foreign affairs	27
british general	27
french naval	27
great deal	27
naval superiority	27
mutual support	27
chesapeake bay	27
two great	27
american war	27
military force	27
american merchant	27
maritime war	27
lake ontario	27
much greater	26
four ships	26
british navigation	26
three ships	26
american shipping	26
military situation	26
evening post	26
five thousand	26
long time	26
niagara frontier	26
took place	26
every man	26
naval history	25
two long	25
offensive operations	25
pounder carronades	25
spanish succession	25
port mahon	25
almost wholly	25
chesapeake affair	25
german navy	25
four thousand	25
naval historian	25
thousand years	25
large number	25
english squadron	25
open sea	25
eighteenth century	24
seventeenth century	24
military strength	24
british minister	24
see also	24
enemy fleet	24
five miles	24
north carolina	24
sir james	24
british trade	24
great naval	24
one another	24
much better	24
allied fleets	24
nearly equal	24
atlantic coast	24
next morning	24
british isles	24
long island	24
two vessels	24
good deal	24
port tack	24
west indian	23
long guns	23
english naval	23
john adams	23
three months	23
first time	23
american squadron	23
superior numbers	23
small vessels	23
niagara peninsula	23
fort niagara	23
three years	23
hundred yards	22
tells us	22
land forces	22
home bases	22
well known	22
public opinion	22
east india	22
state department	22
one ship	22
seven hundred	22
american commerce	22
great powers	22
one day	22
ten minutes	22
british frigate	22
two hours	22
three miles	22
nineteenth century	22
months later	22
military affairs	22
national policy	21
every one	21
mercantile marine	21
south carolina	21
documentary history	21
west coast	21
trade routes	21
transport fleet	21
first lieutenant	21
rhode island	21
beachy head	21
two miles	21
naval station	21
ten days	21
war broke	21
two frigates	21
year later	21
whole fleet	21
shot away	21
la hougue	21
american independence	21
miles away	20
american frigate	20
following year	20
two forces	20
two brigs	20
merchant shipping	20
thousand miles	20
american seamen	20
american cruisers	20
four years	20
made sail	20
might well	20
william iii	20
fleet will	20
navy yard	20
english sea	20
six thousand	20
ten miles	20
american colonies	20
american coast	19
close action	19
american general	19
great number	19
spanish netherlands	19
will depend	19
great maritime	19
present war	19
three weeks	19
great part	19
fifty miles	19
fifteen hundred	19
english seamen	19
french officer	19
english people	19
dutch war	19
great measure	19
american navy	19
naval control	19
light cruisers	19
naval machine	19
continental war	19
new london	18
great advantage	18
neutral vessels	18
hostile fleet	18
santo domingo	18
far away	18
equal terms	18
gilbert stuart	18
six ships	18
coast defence	18
one thing	18
british shipping	18
modern times	18
english government	18
direct trade	18
will make	18
thirty miles	18
general chase	18
prime minister	18
dutch ships	18
american naval	18
foreign trade	18
light craft	18
french army	18
motive power	18
private property	18
queen elizabeth	18
will probably	18
next year	17
great french	17
series iii	17
various kinds	17
much larger	17
french minister	17
sir john	17
active fleet	17
strategic position	17
two british	17
southern states	17
far less	17
may seem	17
american minister	17
different parts	17
fell back	17
ten times	17
american side	17
french commodore	17
colonial trade	17
four months	17
minutes later	17
strategic value	17
eight ships	17
naval stores	17
russian fleet	17
two squadrons	17
fifteen thousand	17
gun ships	17
british officers	17
every nation	17
naval defense	17
records office	17
lower canada	17
new world	17
every ship	17
french line	17
british subjects	17
armed force	17
fighting ships	16
two principal	16
united service	16
james ii	16
maritime power	16
monroe doctrine	16
two parts	16
american people	16
put forth	16
chief command	16
british brig	16
sir charles	16
home ports	16
inch guns	16
british orders	16
sandy hook	16
thirty years	16
continental colonies	16
native seamen	16
french ship	16
national character	16
british cruisers	16
central american	16
english commerce	16
armed neutrality	16
general plan	16
french fleets	16
la marine	16
outside world	16
american commissioners	16
four hours	16
spanish throne	16
military character	16
henry reuterdahl	16
narragansett bay	16
organized force	16
american ports	15
armed vessels	15
war will	15
mortally wounded	15
rear ships	15
military operations	15
james yeo	15
spanish america	15
british sloop	15
ever since	15
british vessel	15
one thousand	15
british force	15
several years	15
highly trained	15
present writer	15
cape verde	15
la bourdonnais	15
great nations	15
one part	15
many ships	15
port arthur	15
war began	15
american ship	15
twenty ships	15
great fleet	15
one point	15
hundred thousand	15
long point	15
naval stations	15
lord howe	15
new ship	15
american states	15
small craft	15
made signal	15
naval vessels	15
general war	15
put together	15
large part	15
british merchant	15
east coast	15
offensive action	15
island sound	15
will see	15
new jersey	15
war college	15
louis xv	15
naval battle	15
war party	14
land operations	14
one time	14
secondary base	14
spanish peninsula	14
land force	14
twenty miles	14
war problems	14
declared war	14
civil life	14
kept away	14
fort royal	14
will go	14
commercial interests	14
george prevost	14
french king	14
home base	14
dutch fleet	14
official report	14
cape st	14
navy must	14
adequate force	14
windward passage	14
several ships	14
one long	14
commanding officer	14
vessels bound	14
india company	14
large fleet	14
fifteen minutes	14
miles distant	14
maritime commerce	14
kept open	14
first lord	14
european civilization	14
active operations	14
one great	14
seven years	14
general action	14
naval service	14
american army	14
war breaks	14
single ship	14
three times	14
within range	14
two sea	14
foreign secretary	14
miles south	14
twelve ships	14
every kind	14
whole force	14
forty years	13
naval defence	13
french flag	13
even now	13
french rear	13
hostile force	13
following day	13
every year	13
early part	13
coromandel coast	13
much superior	13
spanish war	13
punic war	13
english van	13
one case	13
sea war	13
war department	13
sound military	13
american citizens	13
channel fleet	13
english fleets	13
built ships	13
last war	13
military value	13
commercial intercourse	13
forty miles	13
first object	13
british colonies	13
first two	13
french historian	13
general pike	13
northern frontier	13
war games	13
two men	13
english vessels	13
large ships	13
already mentioned	13
american fleet	13
various parts	13
oversea trade	13
golden hind	13
american trade	13
american flag	13
ten thousand	13
british west	13
maritime states	13
first step	13
enemy will	13
weather gage	13
miles west	13
french coast	13
battle ships	13
british line	12
six miles	12
twelve years	12
british fleets	12
may well	12
burlington heights	12
spanish ships	12
great nation	12
miles east	12
century later	12
seven ships	12
two french	12
sea trade	12
two thirds	12
one half	12
leading ships	12
lord castlereagh	12
eight thousand	12
far distant	12
general principles	12
english rear	12
german fleet	12
one place	12
ever seen	12
navigation acts	12
whole world	12
certain amount	12
will become	12
young men	12
powerful fleet	12
spanish navy	12
mere fact	12
great enough	12
nearly three	12
natural advantages	12
indian seas	12
sixteenth century	12
heavy guns	12
british admiralty	12
every point	12
little doubt	12
two divisions	12
european states	12
hyder ali	12
british ports	12
war may	12
yet even	12
pacific coast	12
physical force	12
home country	12
little belt	12
colonial system	12
direct attack	12
home government	12
sir william	12
divided among	12
foreign state	12
batailles navales	12
will show	12
military preparation	12
take place	12
every part	12
good order	12
maritime powers	12
sea battles	12
five days	12
many points	12
american frigates	12
american isthmus	12
long range	12
british records	12
castlereagh memoirs	12
twelve miles	11
whole line	11
sea commerce	11
maritime state	11
whatever may	11
british manufactures	11
upper lakes	11
miles apart	11
captain lawrence	11
local defence	11
english trade	11
one end	11
naval campaigns	11
carronade range	11
great armada	11
taken place	11
trained intelligence	11
french privateers	11
second punic	11
left open	11
naval commander	11
american brig	11
will take	11
land war	11
overwhelming force	11
years war	11
western europe	11
senior officer	11
passed away	11
must also	11
battle cruiser	11
general military	11
saucy jack	11
different kinds	11
two centuries	11
far west	11
gouverneur morris	11
french decrees	11
english line	11
nearly every	11
good luck	11
powerful navy	11
european nations	11
strategic importance	11
first broadside	11
eight years	11
leading ship	11
red sea	11
great battle	11
mutually dependent	11
injury done	11
opposing forces	11
naval affairs	11
military men	11
single ships	11
may take	11
war plans	11
political conditions	11
british policy	11
british foreign	11
one will	11
twenty minutes	11
well understood	11
every country	11
latter part	11
french troops	11
organized military	11
dutch wars	11
english troops	11
two wounded	11
great victory	11
spanish admiral	11
niagara river	11
supply ships	11
maritime trade	11
english flag	11
present time	11
two schooners	11
many different	11
fair wind	11
two lines	11
will never	11
french ports	11
spanish armada	11
north atlantic	11
british dominions	11
shall find	11
declares war	11
water communication	11
indian ocean	11
large proportion	11
gave way	11
british secretary	11
british court	11
critical moment	11
get ready	11
two points	11
three great	11
every effort	10
expedition corps	10
gave rise	10
main effort	10
general policy	10
porto praya	10
verde islands	10
fourteen ships	10
equal force	10
french islands	10
great majority	10
six days	10
sir henry	10
british forces	10
natural conditions	10
anything else	10
two guns	10
great military	10
square miles	10
us now	10
british cabinet	10
miles long	10
military man	10
sea voyage	10
maritime operations	10
royal george	10
tactical games	10
two others	10
six sail	10
commercial power	10
total number	10
effective skill	10
american navigation	10
nearly half	10
must make	10
twelve hundred	10
almost certainly	10
fall back	10
fighting force	10
military history	10
whole country	10
toulon fleet	10
left flank	10
fighting men	10
must come	10
part ii	10
new spain	10
two crowns	10
national prosperity	10
will enable	10
central america	10
much smaller	10
papers mss	10
many ways	10
french colonies	10
greater number	10
individual ships	10
fifteen miles	10
will appear	10
great lakes	10
one third	10
present conditions	10
new zealand	10
sir richard	10
open war	10
ulterior objects	10
british blockade	10
old world	10
neutral ships	10
roman catholic	10
special mission	10
million dollars	10
french writers	10
commercial restrictions	10
naval establishment	10
basse terre	10
great power	10
fleet must	10
black sea	10
san francisco	10
british people	10
favorable conditions	10
enemy might	10
recent years	10
forty ships	10
english ministry	10
regular troops	10
material parts	10
must first	10
within three	10
english nation	10
british convoy	10
near enough	10
best thing	10
within gunshot	10
southern coast	10
allied navies	10
middle ages	10
hundred ships	10
french van	10
ships engaged	10
la hogue	10
general principle	10
narrow seas	10
two sicilies	10
will find	10
far greater	10
great fleets	10
european politics	10
latter case	10
one ships	10
military effort	10
louis xvi	10
general course	10
many men	10
naval battles	10
peace party	10
great navy	10
austrian succession	10
within reach	10
long series	10
english shipping	10
great importance	9
three divisions	9
neutral commerce	9
three centuries	9
handy man	9
existing conditions	9
well within	9
two killed	9
five minutes	9
much longer	9
decisive action	9
already quoted	9
quiberon bay	9
human nature	9
navigation system	9
porto rico	9
mercantile community	9
actual battle	9
merchant marine	9
sixty miles	9
mechanical power	9
general welfare	9
wrote home	9
true objective	9
president madison	9
naval actions	9
foreign ships	9
raw material	9
must either	9
de witt	9
matter whether	9
hostile cruisers	9
second war	9
port side	9
large convoy	9
external force	9
every direction	9
spanish government	9
might make	9
defensive alliance	9
raking fire	9
effect produced	9
every great	9
two weeks	9
de rottenburg	9
archives mss	9
european family	9
month later	9
every possible	9
seems probable	9
right flank	9
hampton roads	9
de barras	9
one nation	9
line ahead	9
carlos iii	9
good many	9
national government	9
heavy ships	9
two states	9
coming fleet	9
opposite tacks	9
german army	9
castlereagh papers	9
blockading fleet	9
take care	9
revolutionary war	9
merchant ship	9
official reports	9
one occasion	9
contraband trade	9
next ahead	9
end th	9
four weeks	9
much inferior	9
greatly superior	9
superior speed	9
european continent	9
hundred troops	9
important factor	9
family compact	9
enable us	9
navy records	9
annual register	9
armed ships	9
big ships	9
brought forward	9
isthmian canal	9
power will	9
crimean war	9
craney island	9
spanish main	9
artillery duel	9
four frigates	9
quite different	9
peace negotiations	9
french power	9
right angles	9
india trade	9
north shore	9
british armies	9
black river	9
two officers	9
much like	9
naval men	9
will give	9
best way	9
enemy may	9
new king	9
several vessels	9
great issues	9
general result	9
commercial prosperity	9
first year	9
western hemisphere	9
general history	9
european powers	9
general izard	9
physical conformation	9
many officers	9
great distance	9
seven seas	9
take refuge	9
anything like	9
commercial centres	9
british loss	9
german submarines	9
opened fire	9
british licenses	9
van ships	9
first place	9
well enough	9
military spirit	9
nearly two	9
spanish army	9
defending fleet	9
english hands	9
great body	9
six weeks	9
operations must	9
english coast	9
still less	9
de vaudreuil	9
military efficiency	9
great speed	9
gun ship	9
admiral sir	9
prince regent	9
almost immediately	9
water communications	9
gulf stream	9
french policy	9
must always	9
thousand tons	9
ships must	9
got away	9
high sea	9
will come	9
serious injury	9
van tromp	9
distant bases	9
national power	9
santa lucia	9
ten ships	9
force will	9
single cruisers	9
within pistol	9
land side	9
fort stephenson	9
british troops	9
one reason	9
key west	9
light cruiser	9
naval campaign	9
sea fight	9
peace time	9
british claim	9
inferior numbers	9
privy council	9
one must	9
chief engineer	9
must go	9
effective work	8
british commander	8
within ten	8
just mentioned	8
every port	8
neutral flag	8
de paris	8
five per	8
go far	8
first war	8
winter quarters	8
carried away	8
far east	8
york militia	8
far apart	8
japanese war	8
three frigates	8
hundred tons	8
purely military	8
canal will	8
will permit	8
present state	8
american secretary	8
distant regions	8
two belligerents	8
stony creek	8
small squadrons	8
maritime nations	8
whole war	8
took part	8
foreign seamen	8
driven back	8
physical courage	8
shall see	8
american force	8
american vessel	8
make war	8
hours later	8
sea nations	8
inch gun	8
may safely	8
commerce destroying	8
fought well	8
british armed	8
injuries received	8
cruising warfare	8
now call	8
records society	8
joint expedition	8
standing army	8
three parts	8
government will	8
weaker force	8
empire overseas	8
fort meigs	8
atlantic ocean	8
naval institute	8
war must	8
depended wholly	8
great extent	8
fifty per	8
modern naval	8
small force	8
material force	8
states naval	8
thrown away	8
afterward lord	8
declare war	8
eight miles	8
vital importance	8
british men	8
land carriage	8
mutual relations	8
comte de	8
military forces	8
military policy	8
every sea	8
military stores	8
british captain	8
always possible	8
great wars	8
sea forces	8
almost every	8
may say	8
land frontier	8
sea frontier	8
eastern coast	8
lasted till	8
merchant seamen	8
colonial produce	8
nine years	8
comparatively small	8
captain barclay	8
within two	8
result will	8
full force	8
captain broke	8
american port	8
last two	8
john rodgers	8
military sense	8
general officer	8
french emperor	8
many people	8
orleans expedition	8
austrian netherlands	8
prizes taken	8
defensive operations	8
fifty yards	8
got ready	8
though still	8
sixteen hundred	8
will continue	8
sea battle	8
will remain	8
first great	8
preparation strategy	8
two distinct	8
went far	8
milan decrees	8
windward position	8
edward hughes	8
eastern states	8
german light	8
near future	8
ocean communications	8
european war	8
french people	8
great armies	8
may perhaps	8
certain time	8
states frigate	8
advance guard	8
principal part	8
deep water	8
coming war	8
captain downie	8
week later	8
military point	8
good reason	8
history shows	8
commercial restriction	8
general ross	8
larger number	8
must take	8
larger part	8
joint expeditions	8
british commissioners	8
english army	8
take possession	8
decisive victory	8
every day	8
every vessel	8
ville de	8
either case	8
long since	8
regular army	8
embargo act	8
enemy must	8
great empire	8
fleet may	8
henry iv	8
american privateers	8
napoleonic wars	8
important part	8
much stronger	8
cape passaro	8
seven thousand	8
admiral de	8
colonial empire	8
made good	8
british frigates	8
army corps	8
first sight	8
conning tower	8
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julian corbett	5
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french admirals	5
lake huron	5
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