Order, of Battle, 93 (and note), 137-140, 191;
    comparison between Keppel’s, off Ushant, and Byron’s, off
          Grenada, 112;
    Graves’, off Cape Henry, 179-183, criticized by Hood, 181, 182;
    Hood’s at anchor off St. Kitts, 202, 203.

  Palliser, Sir Hugh, British Admiral, third in command at Battle of
          Ushant, 84, 87, 90, 91, 93-96;
    court of inquiry upon, 95-97.

  Parker, Sir Hyde, (1) British Admiral, left in temporary command
          at New York by Howe, 1778, 80 (and note);
    in like position in Leeward Islands by Byron, 1779-1780, 113, 128;
    biographical summary of, 113;
    quoted, 129, 130;
    nickname of, 130;
    implied censure of, by Rodney, in battle of April 17, 1780, 136;
    returns to England, 136;
    commands at Battle of the Dogger Bank, 189-193;
    his reply to George III, 193;
    ordered to East Indian command, and lost at sea, 194.

  Parker, Hyde, (2) British Naval captain (afterwards Admiral Sir
          Hyde), in operations about New York, 1776, 39, 44, 46;
    in expedition against Savannah, 1778, 113, 114;
    biographical summary of, 113 (note). (In 1801,
          commander-in-chief over Nelson, at Copenhagen, 39, 80,
          note).

  Parker, Sir Peter, British Admiral, commands naval force in
          expedition against Charleston, 1776, 31;
    attack of, upon Fort Moultrie, 33-38;
    gives promotion to Nelson, Collingwood, and Saumarez, 38;
    at operations around New York, 38, 43, 45, and at Narragansett
          Bay, 48;
    commands Jamaica Station, 149, 153, 155, 159, 176, 177, 185;
    superseded at Jamaica by Graves, 1781, 185.

  Pellew, Edward, (afterwards Admiral Lord Exmouth), British
          midshipman, at Lake Champlain, 1776, 22;
    in Burgoyne’s advance to Saratoga, 1777, 51.

  Philadelphia, occupation of, by British, 52-55;
    brief tenure of, 55;
    inutility of, to British, 56;
    evacuation of, by British, and hazardous retreat from, to New
          York, 63, 64.

  Quebec, attack upon by Americans, under Montgomery, 1775, 9, 10;
    blockade of, by Arnold, 1776, 10, 11;
    relieved by British navy, 10-12;
    utility of, to British preparations to control Lake Champlain,
          15-17, 26.

  Raids, by British navy, 56, 114.

  Rhode Island, 47, 48, 69, 70, 72, 77, 78, 79, 115, 150, 155.  See
          Narragansett Bay.

  Riedesel, Baron, commander of German troops in Canada, 1776;
          testimony of, to effects of delay by Arnold’s flotilla on
          Lake Champlain, 13, 25;
    quoted, 21, 23.

  Rochambeau, French general, commanding forces in America, requests
          cooeperation of de Grasse against Cornwallis, 168.