Carkett, Robert, British Naval Captain, misunderstanding of
          Rodney’s orders by, causes failure of British attack of
          April 17, 1780, 133;
    Rodney’s censure of, 137-139.

  Carleton, Sir Guy, Governor and Commander-in-Chief, in Canada,
          1775-6, 9;
    besieged and blockaded in Quebec by Americans, 10-12;
    relieved by British Navy, 11;
    takes the offensive, 17;
    delayed decisively by Arnold’s preparations on Lake Champlain,
          13, 18;
    battle of Valcour Island, 20-23;
    successfully eluded by Arnold, 23;
    honored by Government for the campaign, 26.

  Carolinas, North and South, supposed British sympathies in, 31,
          exaggerated, 175;
    expedition against Charleston, and battle of Charleston Harbor,
          1776, 31-38;
    operations against, and against Georgia, renewed, 1779, 113-115,
          and 1780, 151-153;
    disastrous consequences to British operations, 114, 152, 174-176.

  Champlain, Lake, Decisive effect of naval operations upon, 3, 4,
          7, 13, 14, 25, 26;
    strategic importance of, 7;
    naval campaign upon, 1775-1776, chapter i;
    remains in naval control of British throughout the war, 28.

  Charleston, South Carolina, attack upon by British squadron, 1776,
          32-37;
    siege and capture of, by the British, 1780, 114, 151.

  Chesapeake Bay, naval command of, by French, 1781, accomplishes
          independence of United States, 4, 114, 184;
    Sir William Howe moves by way of, against Philadelphia, 1777, 52;
    operations in and near, 1781, 169-174, 177-185;
    British control of, in 1781, prior to arrival of de Grasse, 174;
    de Grasse reaches, 1781, 178.

  Clinton, Sir Henry, British General, commands land force employed
          in Carolinas, 1776, 31, 32;
    in seizure of Narragansett Bay, 48;
    left in command at New York by Howe, 1777, 52;
    advance up the Hudson River, 1777, 55;
    relieves Howe as Commander-in-Chief in North America, 56, 63;
    evacuates Philadelphia, and retreats upon New York, 1778, 63;
    narrowness of his escape, 63, 64;
    evacuates Narragansett Bay, 1779, 115;
    operations of, in South Carolina, and capture of Charleston, 151;
    leaves Cornwallis in command in Carolina, and returns to New
          York, 152;
    sends detachments to Virginia, for diversion in favor of
          Cornwallis, 1781, 153, 169;
    serious difference of opinion between, and Cornwallis, 115, 175;
    orders of, to Cornwallis, which result in position at Yorktown,
          1781, 175.

  Commerce, effects upon, through inadequate naval preparation,
          59-61, 117, 126, 158;
    table of losses of British, 61 (note).

  Convoys, effect of, upon naval action, strategic or tactical, 105,
          106, 109, 122, 126, 130, 148, 155-157, 158, 166, 176, 188,
          189, 193, 199, 206-209, 227-229, 229-231, 235, 236-238,
          240, 246.