Doggers Bank, Battle of the, 1781, 189-194.

  Dominica, British West India Island, captured by French, 1778, 99;
    battle of, 208, 209, 210, 213, 215.

  Douglas, Sir Charles, British naval captain, commands squadron
          which relieves Quebec, 1776, 10;
    quoted, 11, 14, 17, 18, 22, 25, 26;
    energetic preparations by, to regain control of Lake Champlain,
          15-17;
    force created by, 17;
    made a baronet for his services at this time, 26;
    captain of the fleet to Rodney, 1782, 222;
    opinion as to Rodney’s conduct cited, 222.

  Farragut, at Mobile, cited in illustration, 66 (note).

  Fighting Instructions, Additional, point in, bearing upon the
          failure of Rodney’s plan of attack, April 17, 1780, 133,
          138, 139 (and note).

  “Fleet in Being,” 73, 174;
    how regarded, apparently, by D’Orvilliers in 1779, 119.

  France, intervention of France in the American quarrel determined
          by Burgoyne’s defeat, and leads to Spanish intervention,
          3, 58, 116;
    vacillating naval instructions of Government of, 83, 118, 119,
          141, 154;
    divergence of views between Spain and, 120, 121, 147, 158, 186,
          188, 189.

  France, Ile de (now Mauritius), French naval station in Indian
          Ocean, 126, 234, 236, 239.

  Gardiner’s Bay, east end of Long Island, station of British fleet
          under Arbuthnot, watching French at Newport, 151, 170.

  Gates, Horatio, American General, defeated by Cornwallis at
          Camden, 152.

  George, Lake, a link in consecutive water communications from New
          York to Canada, 7, 51.

  Gibraltar, d’Estaing ordered to commence hostilities when forty
          leagues west of, 59;
    capture of, a leading object with Spanish Government, 120;
    this desire affects the major operations of Allies throughout
          the war, 121, 186;
    blockade of, by land and sea, 121;
    Rodney’s relief of, 1780, 121-126, 157;
    Darby’s relief of, 1781, 186, 188;
    Howe’s relief of, 1782, 229-233.

  Glossary, of technical terms used in this book, 257.

  Grant, James, British General, share of in capture of Santa Lucia,
          102-104.

  Graves, Sir Thomas, British Admiral, brings reinforcement of
          vessels to New York, 151;
    relieves Arbuthnot in command of North American Station, 1781,
          176;
    difficulties of, owing to interception of communications, 177;
    joined by Hood off New York, 177;
    sails for the relief of Cornwallis, 178;
    action of, with French fleet under de Grasse, 179-184;
    conduct of, criticized by Hood, 181, 182, 184;
    returns to New York, 184;
    relieves Sir Peter Parker in Jamaica command, 185.