Cornwallis, Charles, Earl, British General, accompanies expedition
          against Charleston, 1776, 31;
    hurried to Trenton, after Washington’s victory there, 49;
    professional quarrel with Sir H. Clinton, 115, 175;
    at siege and capture of Charleston, 152;
    left in command of southern department, 1780, 152;
    defeats Gates at Camden, 1780, 152;
    pushes on to North Carolina, 152;
    embarrassments there, 152;
    enters Virginia, and joins Arnold at Petersburg, 1781, 153, 174;
    ordered by Clinton to occupy a defensive position which should
          cover anchorage for a fleet, 175;
    evacuates Portsmouth, and takes position at Yorktown, 175;
    French cruisers bar his retreat towards the Carolinas, and
          occupy York River, 179;
    enclosed by French fleet and French and American armies, 184;
    compelled to surrender, 185.

  Cornwallis, Sir William (brother of Lord), British naval captain,
          share in action between Byron and d’Estaing, 1779,
          108-110, 153;
    in command of a squadron, action with La Motte-Picquet, 1780, 153;
    action with de Ternay’s squadron, 155-157;
    characteristics, and nickname of, 157;
    distinguished part in Hood’s action with de Grasse, 1782, 201;
    share in Rodney’s victory, 217;
    quoted, 156, 198, 200, 203, 211.

  Crown Point, military post on Lake Champlain, 8;
    seized by Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen, 1775, 8;
    General Montgomery embarks at, to invade Canada, 1775, 9;
    Arnold retreats to, in 1776, after reverses in Canada, 12;
    part in campaign of 1776, 24;
    recovered by British, 25;
    reoccupied by Americans after Burgoyne’s surrender, 28.

  Cuddalore, British post in India, on Coromandel Coast, besieged by
          Hyder Ali and Suffren, 242;
    taken by Hyder Ali, 244;
    British attempt to retake, 252;
    relieved by Suffren, 252-254.

  Darby, George, British Admiral, commands Channel Fleet, 1780, 157;
    relief of Gibraltar by, 1781, 186-188;
    blocked in Torbay by Franco-Spanish fleet, 1781, 188-189.

  Delaware, Naval Operations in the, 1777, 52-55;
    in 1778, 59, 62-64.

  De Barras, French Commodore, commands squadron in Newport, 1781,
          174;
    opinion concerning des Touches’ conduct, 174;
    junction with de Grasse in Chesapeake Bay, 1781, 184.

  De Bouille, French General, governor of Martinique, 1780, concerts
          with de Guichen an attack on British West Indies, 130;
    project against Barbados, 1782, 197;
    capture of St. Kitts, 197-205.

  De Cordova, Spanish Admiral, commands in allied fleet under
          d’Orvilliers, 1779, 118, 119;
    in chief command, at Cadiz, 125;
    in Channel, 1781, 188;
    in 1782, 228;
    at Algeciras, during Howe’s relief of Gibraltar, 230-232.