Tuscany, attitude of, towards France, in 1794, i. 156, 161;
  importance of ports of, to France, 157, 158;
  difficult neutrality of, 185, 233;
  Nelson imagines a French enterprise against, by sea, 214, 217,
  218, 219;
  control of, obtained by the French, 233;
  Nelson’s operations on the coast of, 236;
  blockade of Leghorn and seizure of Elba, 237;
  political condition of, in 1803-5, during Nelson’s Mediterranean
  command, ii. 182.

Two Sicilies, the Kingdom of the, (Naples and Sicily,) Nelson’s
successful mission to, to obtain troops for the occupation of
Toulon, i. 110;
  attitude towards France, 1795, 158;
  sends flotilla to aid Nelson, but too late in the season, 192;
  makes an armistice with France, 1796, 233;
  Nelson’s interest keenly excited for, 247, 248;
  makes peace with France, 1796, 251;
  dissatisfaction with course of France, in 1798, 319;
  attitude of, towards France, during the campaign of the Nile,
  329-331, 340, 341, 342;
  Nelson’s anxieties for, 339;
  Nelson’s extreme interest in, throughout his life, after his
  return from the Nile, 369, 388, 412, 417, 427, 442-446, 448, 450-452,
  ii. 4, 5, 6, 39, 183, 190-194, 264-266, 282, 285-287;
  joy of, upon receipt of the news of Battle of the Nile, i. 371, 372;
  strategic weight of, in the counsels of Bonaparte, 391;
  Nelson persuades, to declare war against France, 389-393;
  overwhelming defeat of, and flight of Court to Palermo, 394, 395;
  restoration of the royal authority in Naples, ii. 6;
  refusal of the king to reside in Naples, 5, 6;
  occupation of Adriatic coast of, by Bonaparte, 1803-5, 179.

Vado, Bay of, occupied by Austrians in 1795, i. 178;
  best anchorage between Nice and Genoa, 186;
  importance of, to France, 187, 214, 215;
  evacuated by Austrians after the Battle of Loano, 201, 208;
  held definitively by French, 223.

Valetta, French in Malta shut in, i. 392, 407, 409, ii. 7;
  Nelson’s difficulties in maintaining the blockade, ii. 7-10, 12-14;
  urgency of Spencer and Troubridge upon Nelson to await the
  capitulation of, 28-30, 32-35.

“Vanguard,” British ship-of-the-line, Nelson’s flagship at the
Battle of the Nile, commissioned, i. 310;
  dismasted off Corsica, 323;
  at the Battle of the Nile, 348, 349, 350;
  arrives at Naples, 371;
  Nelson’s flag shifted from, to the “Foudroyant,” 423.

Vansittart, British envoy to Copenhagen in 1801, ii. 71-73;
  report of Danish defences, 73;
  explanations conveyed from Nelson to the Admiralty by, 73.

“Victory,” British hundred-gun ship, Nelson’s flagship at Trafalgar,
Jervis’s flagship at Battle of St. Vincent, i. 275;
  Nelson sails in, for the Mediterranean, ii. 175;
  his long stay on board of, 222, 313;
  returns to England, 318;
  again sails with Nelson, 338;
  at Battle of Trafalgar, 370, 378-380, 384-389, 390-394, 397.