The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence

Author Of 'The Influence Of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783,' 'The Influence Of Sea Power Upon The French Revolution And Empire, 1783-1812,' 'The Relations Of Sea Power To The War Of 1812,' 'Naval Strategy' Etc.

With Portraits, Maps, And Battle Plans

CALL NUMBER: E271.M22

Contents

• Introduction.

• Chapter I. The Naval Campaign On Lake Champlain. 1775-1776
• Chapter II. Naval Action at Boston, Charleston, New York, and Narragansett Bay -- Associated Land Operations up to the Battle of Trenton. 1776
• Chapter III. The Decisive Period of the War. Surrender of Burgoyne and Capture of Philadelphia by Howe. The Naval Part in Each Operation. 1777
• Chapter IV. War Begins Between France and Great Britain. British Evacuate Philadelphia. Naval Operations of D'Estaing and Howe about New York, Narragansett Bay, and Boston. Complete Success of Lord Howe. American Disappointment in D'Estaing. Lord Howe Returns to England. 1778
• Chapter V. The Naval War in Europe. The Battle of Ushant. 1778
• Chapter VI. Operations in the West Indies, 1778-1779. The British Invasion of Georgia and South Carolina
• Chapter VII. The Naval War in European Waters, 1779. Allied Fleets Invade the English Channel. Rodney Destroys Two Spanish Squadrons and Relieves Gibraltar
• Chapter VIII. Rodney and De Guichen's Naval Campaign in West Indies. De Guichen Returns to Europe, and Rodney Goes to New York. Lord Cornwallis in the Carolinas. Two Naval Actions of Commodore Cornwallis. Rodney Returns to West Indies
• Chapter IX. Naval Campaign in West Indies in 1781. Capture of St. Eustatius by Rodney. De Grasse Arrives in Place of De Guichen. Tobago Surrenders to De Grasse
• Chapter X. Naval Operations Preceding and Determining the Fall of Yorktown. Cornwallis Surrenders. 1781
• Chapter XI. Naval Events of 1781 in Europe. Darby's Relief of Gibraltar, and the Battle of the Dogger Bank
• Chapter XII. The Final Naval Campaign in the West Indies. Hood and De Grasse. Rodney and De Grasse. The Great Battle of April 12, 1782
• Chapter XIII. Howe Again Goes Afloat. The Final Relief of Gibraltar. 1782
• Chapter XIV. The Naval Operations in the East Indies, 1778-1783. The Career of the Bailli de Suffren
• Glossary of Nautical and Naval Terms Used in the Text
• Index