15, 1780, 143, 144. 
    De Guichen and Rodney, May 19, 1780, 144. 
    Cornwallis and La Motte-Picquet, off Haiti, March 20, 1780, 153. 
    Cornwallis and de Ternay, June 20, 1780, 155-157. 
    De Grasse and Hood, off Martinique, April 29, 1781, 163-167. 
    Arbuthnot and des Touches, off Cape Henry, March 16, 1781,
          171-173. 
    De Grasse and Graves, off Cape Henry, September 5, 1781, 179-183. 
    The Doggers Bank, August 5, 1781, 189-193. 
    De Grasse and Hood, St. Kitts, January 25 and 26, 1782, 199-204. 
    De Grasse and Rodney, near Dominica, April 9 and 12, 1782,
          207-221. 
    Howe with Franco-Spanish Fleet near Gibraltar, October 20, 1782,
          231, 232. 
    Johnstone and Suffren, Porto Praya, Cape Verde Islands, April
          16, 1781, 236-238. 
    Hughes and Suffren, Coromandel Coast, February 17, 1781, 240-242. 
    Hughes and Suffren, off Ceylon, April 12, 1782, 242-244. 
    Hughes and Suffren, off Nega-patam, July 6, 1782, 244-246. 
    Hughes and Suffren, off Trincomalee, September 3, 1782, 247-251. 
    Hughes and Suffren, off Cuddalore, June 20, 1783, 253. 
    N.B.  Naval Battles end here.

  Belle Poule, French Frigate.  Encounter with British Arethusa
          marks beginning of War of 1778 with Great Britain, 61, 82.

  Blane, Sir Gilbert, Physician to British Fleet under Rodney,
          quoted, 124, 219, 220, 221.

  Burgoyne, Sir John, British General, 3, 6, 14, 23, 27, 28, 50-53,
          55;
    decisive effect of American control of Lake Champlain, in 1776,
          upon his expedition, in 1777, 3, 9, 13, 14, 25;
    his surrender at Saratoga, 53;
    it determines France to intervene, 6, 58.

  Byng, John, British Admiral, influence of his execution, in 1756,
          upon the minds of naval officers, 93, 139, 146.

  Byron, John, British Admiral, ordered to North American Station,
          1778, 59;
    delayed by heavy weather, and puts into Halifax, 62;
    Howe superseded by, 80;
    goes to West Indies, 105;
    action with D’Estaing off Grenada, 105-111;
    comments upon course of, 110-112;
    returns to England, 112.

  Canada, Strength of, against attack from southward, 7;
    its advantage in this respect over New York, 8;
    comprehension of these facts by Americans of 1775, from the old
          French Wars, 8;
    attempt to utilize, by British, frustrated by Arnold’s
          promptitude, 9;
    invasion of, under Montgomery, ordered by American Congress,
          1775, 9;
    failure of the attempt, decided by British Navy, 10-12;
    British advance from, under Carleton, 1776, 15-26;
    Burgoyne’s advance from, 1777, 51-53.

  Cap Francois (now Cap Haitien), French naval station on north side
          of Haiti, 147-149, 153, 154, 168, 176, 178, 206, 223, 225.